"I am pleased this bill contains significant investments to research conducted in Manhattan and at Kansas State," Senator Roberts said. "This research is critical to ensure that America’s farmers and ranchers continue to compete in the international marketplace."

The following are projects Senator Roberts personally worked to include in the bill:

Air Quality Research at KSU, joint project with Texas-$1,090,000

Animal Science and Food Safety Consortium, joint project with KSU, Iowa State, and Arkansas-$1,000,000

The following projects Senators Roberts and Brownback worked to include in the bill:

National Agriculture Biosecurity Center at KSU-$500,000

Grain Sorghum Research at KSU-$1,000,000

Preharvest Food Safety at KSU-$500,000

Water Conservation at KSU-$500,000

Wheat Genetic Research at KSU-$1,000,000

Yankee Tank Dam- Wakarusa Site No. 24 in Lawrence-$1,000,000

USDA Homeland Security, Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative-$9,830,000. Kansas State receives funding from this national program in support of its plant diagnostics laboratory. The lab provides rapid response diagnostic capabilities for potential disease outbreaks in Kansas and Great Plains crops.

Agriculture Research Service – Manhattan:

Biological Research Unit - $2, 700,000

Engineering Research Unit - $1,200,000

Grain Quality & Structure Research Unit - $2,900,000

Plant Science & Entomology Research Unit - $2,300,000

Wind Erosion Research Unit - $1,000,000

Kansas benefits from the teamwork of Senator Roberts and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture.

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