Below are the Illinois congressional earmarks in the Department of Agriculture budget.
Again, one of the major sponsors, Peoria’s Ray LaHood is no longer in Congress.
Ag $188,000 Durbin – Natural Resources Conservation Service, Illinois River Water Conservation, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Ag $188,000 Durbin – Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Improvement, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Ag $764,000 Durbin – Natural Resources Conservation Service, Churchill Woods Dam Removal, DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup, IL
Ag $104,000 Jackson, Durbin – Ag Extension Service, Urban Horticulture and Marketing
Ag $461,000 Jackson, Johnson, LaHood, Durbin – Ag Extension Service, Future Foods, IL
Ag $554,000 Jackson, Johnson, LaHood, Durbin – Ag Extension Service, Livestock Genome Sequencing
Ag $745,000 Jackson, Johnson, LaHood, Durbin – Ag Extension Service, Soybean Research, IL
Ag $2,077,000 Jackson, Lapinski, Durbin – Ag Extension Service, National Center for Food Safety and Technology, IL
Ag $176,000 Johnson, Jackson, LaHood – Ag Extension Service, Agriculture Marketing, IL
$401,000 Johnson and non-Illinois legislators – Ag Extension Service, International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ
Ag $2,503,000 LaHood, Durbin – Agricultural Research Service, Salaries and Expenses, Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Ag $786,000 LaHood – Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production and Food Processing, Peoria, IL
Ag $245,000 LaHood, Jackson, Johnson, Durbin – Ag Extension Service, Center for One Medicine,
Ag $471,000 LaHood and Iowa legislators – Ag Extension Service, Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA
Ag $404,000 Shakowsky and other Great Lakes legislators– Natural Resources Conservation Service, Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
Ag $360,000 Shimkis – Agricultural Research Service, Salaries and Expenses, National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, Washington, D.C.
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In the interest in truth in photos, the pig farm shown is slightly north of the Illinois border on Route 14 in Wisconsin.