Sens. Collins, King Announce $388,000 From USDA for University of Maine's Potato Breeding Research
November 21, 2017
November 21, 2017
BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 21 -- The office of Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a grant totaling $388,000 to the University of Maine at Orono to study potato breeding and improve quality and pest resistance in the eastern United States.
"Maine potatoes are a staple i . . .
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a grant totaling $388,000 to the University of Maine at Orono to study potato breeding and improve quality and pest resistance in the eastern United States.
"Maine potatoes are a staple i . . .