{"id":9080,"date":"2021-04-09T16:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T21:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=9080"},"modified":"2021-04-09T16:10:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T21:10:29","slug":"profs-testimony-on-ab-77-providing-funding-for-extension-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=9080","title":{"rendered":"PROFS Testimony on AB 77, Providing Funding for Extension Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9083\" style=\"width: 151px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9083\" class=\" wp-image-9083\" src=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ventura-768x1006-1-229x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ventura-768x1006-1-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ventura-768x1006-1-115x150.jpeg 115w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ventura-768x1006-1-560x734.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ventura-768x1006-1-260x341.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ventura-768x1006-1-160x210.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ventura-768x1006-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emeritus Professor Steve Ventura<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, Emeritus Professor Steve Ventura (Soil Science) testified at a public hearing of the Assembly Agriculture Committee in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2021\/proposals\/reg\/asm\/bill\/ab77\">Assembly Bill 77<\/a>, legislation that provides $1 million per year in funding for state specialists in extension services at UW-Madison&#8217;s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The funding is to aid in applied agricultural research.<\/p>\n<p>PROFS submitted the testimony below and Ventura, a former PROFS Steering Committee member, spoke about the importance of such funding.<\/p>\n<p>In an executive session yesterday, the committee unanimously recommended passage of the bill. 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