Ernie Minton, Kansas State University College of Agriculture dean. (Photo by Brandon Peoples/KMAN)
Ernie Minton, Kansas State University College of Agriculture dean, is lobbying the federal government to make investing in agricultural research facilities part of its ongoing infrastructure spending discussions.
According to Minton, an Association of Public and Land-grant Universities report shows that 69 percent of agriculture-research buildings at land grant universities are 25 years of age or older, with many having been built between the 1950s and 1980s.
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The same report shows that $11.5 billion worth of renovations and repairs and an additional $550 million in annual repairs are needed at the 97 institutions that were studied.
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