Agriculture FY2010 Appropriations Requests

Proposed Recipient: The Center for Universal Education and Diversity Inc.
Amount: $75,000
Contact:  Sarah Roche, 247 Orchard Rd., Rex, GA 30273
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the springboard of future involvement around the nation in an attempt to change the way humans see their role in the protection of our planet via global warming.

Proposed Recipient: City of Butler, GA
Amount: $1,800,000
Contact: Bob Bacle, PO Box 476 (12 Cedar St.), Butler, GA 31006
Explanation: The program will provide funding for a new water tank, providing service to existing customers and allow for further economic growth in the area.

Proposed Recipient: City of Butler, GA
Amount: $1,300,000
Contact: Bob Bacle, PO Box 476 (12 Cedar St.), Butler, GA 31006
Explanation: The program will provide funding for new water/sewer lines, which will allow the city to better manage and encourage future population growth.

Proposed Recipient: City of Butler, GA
Amount: $1,250,000
Contact: Bob Bacle, PO Box 476 (12 Cedar St.), Butler, GA 31006
Explanation: Requests funding to extend fire protection water lines; would provide support to additional city residents, and encourage growth and improve the health and welfare of its local citizens.

Proposed Recipient: City of Butler, GA
Amount: $100,000
Contact: Bob Bacle, PO Box 476 (12 Cedar St.), Butler, GA 31006
Explanation: Requests funding for the replacement Fire Department equipment for increased emergency services.

Proposed Recipient: City of Butler, GA
Amount: $500,000
Contact: Bob Bacle, PO Box 476 (12 Cedar St.), Butler, GA 31006
Explanation: Requests funding for a new fire department facility and new fire truck.

Proposed Recipient: City of Colquitt, GA
Amount: $1,000,000
Contact: Mr. Cory Thomas, 154 West Street, Colquitt, GA 39837
Explanation: Funding will be used to develop a new sanitary sewer system, as well as the acquisition of 40 manholes.

Proposed Recipient: City of Dawson, GA
Amount: $600,000
Contact: Barney Parnacott, City Manager, PO Box 190, Dawson, GA 39842
Explanation: The project will provide funding to maintain and keep the city's water supply safe and flowing to residential and businesses customers.

Proposed Recipient: City of Montezuma., GA
Amount: $365,000
Contact: Mayor Willie James Larry, P.O. Box 388, Montezuma, GA 31063
Explanation: Funding is being sought to improve and expand local water and sewer capacity, including the acquisition of new water/sewer related equipment. 

Proposed Recipient: City of Richland, GA
Amount: $1,000,000
Contact: Ms. Wanda Wilson, 200 Broad Street, Richland, GA 31825
Explanation: The program will provide funding replace existing water mains and sewer lines, provide improvements to the existing water treatment plant and support other water infrastructure improvements. 
 
Proposed Recipient: Early County Community Development Corporation (ECCDC) 
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Ms. Nancy Wright, Executive Director, P.O. Box 134 (987 North Church St.), Blakely, GA 39823
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the repair and renovation of the ECCDC's 5136 sq. ft. multi-cultural facility located at 1259 South Main St., Blakely, GA., which will be used to provide community programs to an underserved neighborhood including at risk youth. 

Proposed Recipient: Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District
Amount: $1,000,000
Contact: David Reckford, 65 11th Avenue NE, Cairo, GA 39828
Explanation: The program will provide funding for development and installation of advanced irrigation water management practices throughout southwest Georgia. 

Proposed Recipient: Ft. Valley State University
Amount: $200,000
Contact: 1005 State University Drive, Fort Valley, GA  31030
Explanation: Funding to establish a research and outreach site at FVSU to solve practical problemes faced by meat goat producers to improve sustainability.  The long range goal is to increase the nation’s goat meat production and promote healthier eat consumption among the public.

Proposed Recipient: Ft. Valley State University
Amount: $1,000,000
Contact: Dr. Rivers; 1005 State University Drive, Fort Valley, GA  31030
Explanation: Provide expanded funding for ongoing research on medicinal and nutraceutical plants, including the laboratory (et al) consolidation of the current collaborative effort between USDA/ARS, Wayne State and University and University of MS at Ft Valley State University.

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Cotton Commission
Amount: $500,000
Contact: Mr. Richey Seaton, P.O. Box 1464, Perry, GA 31069
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the restoration of the CSREES special research grant for enable cotton insect management research. 

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Cotton Commission
Amount: $480,000
Contact: Mr. Richey Seaton, P.O. Box 1464, Perry, GA 31069
Explanation: The program will provide funding for an increase in the current funding levels for the National Peanut Research Laboratory to develop new and improved methods of highly efficient drip irrigation systems for row crops.

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Rural Water Association
Amount: $500,000
Contact: Jerry Usry, PO Box 383 (410 Thomaston St.), Barnesville, GA 30204
Explanation: The program will provide funding for waste sludge removal training and assistance in local Georgia community efforts to comply with provisions of the Clean Water Act. 

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Amount: $2,000,000
Contact: Mr. Brent L. Dykes, P.O. Box 8024, Athens, GA 30603
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the planning, engineering, and renovation of existing flood control reservoirs into new water supply reservoirs.

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Amount: $4,000,000
Contact: Mr. Brent L. Dykes, P.O. Box 8024, Athens, GA 30603
Explanation: Funding is being sought to provide support for a new financial assistance program (i.e., cost/share) for farmers to construct/renovate agricultural reservoirs and improve irrigation efficiency.  

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Amount: $1,000,000
Contact: Mr. Brent L. Dykes, P.O. Box 8024, Athens, GA 30603
Explanation: The program will provide funding for cooperative water use reduction research to enhance producer returns for the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Peanut Laboratory.

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Amount: $500,000
Contact: Mr. Brent L. Dykes, P.O. Box 8024, Athens, GA 30603
Explanation: The program will provide funding for efforts to provide incentives to approved landowner management practices aimed at improving riparian buffers, repair stream banks, protect endangered species and provide long-term protection of water quality.

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center 
Amount: $900,000
Contact:  Doug Wilson, PO Box 345, Albany, GA 31702
Explanation: The program will provide funding to assist producers and policy makers in the development of river basins & groundwater management plans and potentially increasing agriculture output.

Proposed Recipient: Lumpkin (GA) Downtown Development Authority 
Amount: $530,000
Contact: Matthew Moye, Chair, PO Box 278, Lumpkin, GA 31815
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the restoration a two-story historic building to be used as a tourist center, local arts outlet, and local market.  The goal is to improve sales tax revenue in the commercial district of Lumpkin, GA.

Proposed Recipient: Minority Farmer Carbon Credit Initiative/Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Amount: $600,000
Contact: Ralph Paige 2769 Church Street, East Point, GA  30344
Explanation: Will provide education, outreach and technical assistance to minority and limited resource farmers and landowners in five states (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina), especially those who are members of our organization, to enable them to participate in opportunities available in marketing carbon credits and other ecosystem services.

Proposed Recipient: National Agricultural Aviation Association
Amount: $800,000
Contact: Andrew Moore, 1005 E Street, SE, Washington, DC, 20003
Explanation: The program will provide funding for research of matters which affect the aerial application of pesticides. 

Proposed Recipient: National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), Inc.
Amount: $400,000
Contact: Donna Leggett, PO Box 530, Edgefield, SC 29824
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the Federation’s Education Outreach Programs for Women, and Individuals with Disabilities and Youth, including the expansion of NWTF programs within GA and the US.
 
Proposed Recipient: Operation Oak
Amount: $400,000
Contact: Donna Leggett, PO Box 530, Edgefield, SC 29824
Explanation: The program will provide funding to reverse the decline of oak and other hardwood species, including the production of seedlings in Georgia.

Proposed Recipient: The Peanut Institute
Amount: $508,000
Contact:  John T. Powell, 2336 Lake Park Dr., Albany, GA 31707
Explanation: The project will provide funding to help and encourage children (K – 12) modify and change their diets and lifestyles to help control childhood obesity

Proposed Recipient: The Peanut Institute 
Amount: $453,000
Contact: John T. Powell, 2336 Lake Park Dr., Albany, GA 31707
Explanation: The project will provide continued funding for the Plains Rural Agricultural Museum, a major center of local and regional tourism, and will serve to supplant and enhance the tourism profile of the home town of former President Jimmy Carter.

Proposed Recipient: The Peanut Institute 
Amount: $670,000
Contact: John T. Powell, 2336 Lake Park Dr., Albany, GA 31707
Explanation: Requests funding for chronic disease and aging research to examine whether peanuts can be used to improve chronic heart health in baby boomers.

Proposed Recipient: Professional Women's League, Inc.
Amount: $100,000
Contact: Ms. Jean Beall Armour, P.O. Box 233, Lumpkin, GA 31825
Explanation: Funding is being sought for a program which will provide funding for the renovation of a local building, which will be used as the center for community youth and elderly programs.

Proposed Recipient: South Georgia Regional Development Center
Amount: $3,000,000
Contact: Vance Roberts, 116 McKey St., Valdosta, GA 31601
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the geospatial technology project, which will assist local community land use planning, resource protection, economic development and disaster prevention.

Proposed Recipient: Thomas County Fire/Rescue
Amount: $150,000
Contact: Chris Jones, 1202 Remington Ave, Thomasville, GA 31792 / PO Box 920, Thomasville, GA 31799
Explanation: The program will provide funding to build the Dillon Fire district sub-station in Thomas County, which will result in better fire response times for the citizens of rural Thomas County.

Proposed Recipient: Thomas County Building, Planning, and Zoning Department 
Amount: $4,746,160
Contact:  Johnny Reichert, Director, PO Box 1173 (227 W. Jefferson St.), Thomasville, GA 31799
Explanation: The project will provide funding to eliminate on-site sewage systems and individual water wells and revitalize the neighborhood with safe accessible water.

Proposed Recipient: University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Amount: $250,000
Contact: Dr. Robert Shulstad, 101 Connor Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Explanation: The program will provide continued funding for cotton insect management and fiber quality research at the University.

Proposed Recipient: University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Amount: $500,000
Contact: Dr. Robert Shulstad, 101 Connor Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Explanation: The program will provide continued funding for advanced technologies research for water use and water quality enhancements.

Proposed Recipient: University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Amount: $240,000
Contact: Dr. Robert Shulstad, 101 Connor Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Explanation: The program will provide funding for research on the integrated management of Phytophthora blight on vegetables. 
 
Proposed Recipient: University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Amount: $250,000
Contact: Dr. Robert Shulstad, 101 Connor Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Explanation: The program will provide funding for a research initiative to improve blueberry production efficiency and fruit quality.  

Proposed Recipient: University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Amount: $2,000,000
Contact: Dr. Robert Shulstad, 101 Connor Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Explanation: The program will provide funding for the development and use of advanced farming technologies to improve the net output of food fiber and bio-fuels.  

Proposed Recipient: University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Amount: $300,000
Contact: Dr. Robert Shulstad, 101 Connor Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Explanation: The program will provide funding for National Center for Peanut Competitiveness, and in particular, the development of a representative farm modeling project designed to improve U.S. peanut competitiveness.

Proposed Recipient: University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Amount: $300,000
Contact: Dr. Robert Shulstad, 101 Connor Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Explanation: The program will provide funding for research on the preservation of conservation tilling practices and cotton production by developing tactics to manage glyphosate-resistant palmer amaranth in Georgia. 

Program Requests:

Evans-Allen Program: I support $49 million in funding for the Evans-Allen Research program which provides critical base funding for the agricultural research programs at the 1890 Institutions.

1890's Extension: I support $43 million in funding for the 1890's Extension program.  This program provides funding to support extension activities at the 1890 Institutions in order to provide useful, research-based educational opportunities that respond to the changing needs of limited-resource clients.