Dillard Calls for Renewed Agricultural Focus

Springfield, Ill.- Republican candidate for governor Kirk Dillard today criticized Illinois Governor Pat Quinn for eliminating all funding for the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR). More than $2 million used for food and agricultural research at Illinois State University and Southern Illinois University was slashed by Quinn. The Governor’s action also jeopardizes federal funding that provides a match of $4 to $5 for every state dollar appropriated. The comments were made at the Farm Progress Show outside Decatur, Illinois.

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