Senator Collins recently announced a $3.5 million provision in the 2016 Agriculture Appropriations bill for forest products research in Maine. A portion of this funding will support University of Maine research to improve innovation and maintain a sustainable and globally competitive domestic forest products industry. According to Senator Collins in her press release, “Maine has a thriving agricultural sector, and this bill provides direction on a range of important issues from wild blueberries, to aquaculture, to forest products and advanced biofuels, as well as increased funding for potato research.”

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