Ag Scientists and Community Members Speak Out in Support of ...

Read the full story from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America.

Late yesterday (Nov. 14), the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), the American Society of Plant Biologists, and the National Association of Plant Breeders urged lawmakers to act to avoid the crippling budget cuts known as ?sequestration? by delivering to Congress a petition signed by more than 1350 of their member scientists and others in the research and agricultural communities.

Sequestration ? large, across-the-board cuts in federal funding ? would reduce nondefense discretionary spending by about 8.2% beginning in January 2013. These cuts would severely impact scientific research, as most federal funding for such endeavors (from agencies such as the USDA, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Science Foundation) are part of discretionary spending budgets.

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Laura L. Barnes is a librarian at the Prairie Research Institute Library, embedded at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, and writes for Environmental News Bits.

Source: http://envnewsbits.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/ag-scientists-and-community-members-speak-out-in-support-of-science-research/

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