Fortenberry scores additional federal funding for USDA center at UNL

Article by Don Walton, Lincoln Journal Star. Published June 30, 2021.

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday gave its approval to an additional $20 million appropriation for construction of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture research center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The new recommended funding follows on the heels of an earlier allocation of $11.2 million for planning and design of the multi-year project.