1.123 Billion reasons for funding agricultural research

摘要

Budget-whackirig politicians are rock stars these days. Obviously, prudent budgeting is needed for fiscal responsibility to reign. Still, public funds can key some mind-boggling economic returns years later. Want proof? Well, $1,123 billion worth of proof revolves around the Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, South Dakota. Central South Dakota traditionally sported an uneasy mix of irrigated corn and a dryland winter wheat-summer fallow rotation.