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FeedBudget consequences
by Melissa Hansen
Consequences of recent state and federal budget cuts to Washington State University’s agricultural research enterprises, according to Dr. Thomas Henick-Kling, include:
- Small reduction in number of faculty
- Significant reduction in administrative and support staff
- Significant changes in operating practices (land service fees at research centers and research farms)
- Movement of previously hard-funded technical staff to soft funds (grants and contracts)
- Elimination of permanent funding of lower priority programs
- Erosion of flexible funds to pay for supplies, equipment, faculty start-ups
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Deferral of maintenance on research facilities
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