NU, federal partners praise USDA reappropriation that will fully fund UNL precision ag facility

By: Zach Wendling

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 549

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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LINCOLN — University of Nebraska leaders and Nebraska’s federal delegation are celebrating a U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to reappropriate $37 million and fully fund the new precision agriculture facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The USDA decided last year to decommission the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. Doing so has freed up $75.7 million that had been earmarked for modernization at the center. Just shy of half of those funds will …

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