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Agriculture Appropriations Bill Advances Extends Funds for PA
The Agriculture Appropriations Bill for fiscal 1978 would boost extension service funding with a 105 million increase, including 4.5 million for State Extension Service programs at land grant universities like Penn State. The bill also restores 1 million for rural development and funds the Farmer to Consumer Direct Marketing program. It supports forestry research with 9 million and a 15 million Forestry Incentives Program as part of a total 67 million rural development addition. The package increases Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs, and adds a 120 million rise for the Special Milk Program to boost fluid milk consumption in schools and care centers nationwide. The measure, praised by a Pennsylvania representative on the House Agriculture Committee, aims to benefit nutrition and rural lands while funding core farm programs.