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| ACCOUNT | FY 2008 Conference |
FY 2008 Vetoes |
FY 2008 Overrides |
FY 2008 GAA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2511-0100 | Department of Agricultural Resources | 4,942 | -110 | 110 | 4,942 |
| 2511-0105 | Emergency Food Assistance Program | 11,000 | 0 | 0 | 11,000 |
| 2511-2000 | Agricultural Innovation Center | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 |
| 2511-3002 | Integrated Pest Management Program | 300 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| TOTAL | 17,742 | -110 | 110 | 17,742 | |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES | 17,742,183 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | ||
| 2511-0100 | Department of Agricultural Resources
For the operation of the department of agricultural resources, including the office of the commissioner, the expenses of the board of agriculture, the division of dairy services, and the division of regulatory services and animal health, including a program of laboratory services at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the expenses of the pesticides board, and the division of agricultural development and fairs; provided, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for shellfish propagation on the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket to be administered by the state aquaculture coordinator and Dukes and Nantucket counties; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for 4H activities from this item; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended on the YouthGROW program; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Plymouth Animal shelter; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to enhance the buy local effort in western, central, northeastern, and southeastern Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for agricultural fair prizes and rehabilitation, including the expenses of the agricultural lands board; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent possible, encourage corporate sponsorships for the purposes of providing agricultural fair prizes; and provided further, that funds may be expended for implementation of the agricultural marketing strategic plan, including, but not limited to funding for agricultural business training and technical assistance |
4,942,183 |
| 2511-0105 | Emergency Food Assistance Program
For the purchase of supplemental foods for the Massachusetts emergency food assistance program within the America's second harvest nationally-certified food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall reflect the America's second harvest allocation formula, to benefit the four regional food banks in Massachusetts: The Greater Boston Food Bank, Merrimack Valley Good Bank, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and Worcester County Food Bank; and provided further, that the department may assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation herein |
11,000,000 |
| 2511-2000 | Agricultural Innovation Center
For the Agricultural Innovation Center; provided, that the Agricultural Innovation Center shall provide a broad range of technical and business development services to the commonwealth's agricultural producers that may add value to the producers products and services; provided further, that the Agricultural Innovation Center shall develop an outreach program to identify and foster new, innovative ideas and approaches to adding value to the commonwealth's agricultural economy; and provided further, that the Agricultural Innovation Center shall solicit requests from the commonwealth's agricultural industry for funding and technical assistance in training, marketing, distribution, applied research, agri-tourism, aquaculture, forestry, processing, fiber and agricultural resource management |
1,500,000 |
| 2511-3002 | Integrated Pest Management Program
For the Integrated Pest Management program |
300,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 6,319,532 | |
| 2511-0310 | Pesticide Enforcement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pesticide Enforcement |
1,858,290 |
| 2511-0320 | Certification of Pesticide Applicators
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Certification of Pesticide Applicators |
122,717 |
| 2511-0336 | Special Pesticide Disposal Initiative
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Pesticide Disposal Initiative |
40,000 |
| 2511-0400 | Cooperative Pest Survey Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Pest Survey Program |
108,283 |
| 2511-0401 | Pesticide Recordkeeping
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Pesticide Recordkeeping Program |
12,500 |
| 2511-0972 | Farmland Protection
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farmland Protection |
3,000,000 |
| 2511-1022 | Mad Cow Disease Surveillance
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mad Cow Disease Surveillance |
79,090 |
| 2511-1023 | Enhanced Surveillance Swine Garbage
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhanced Surveillance of Swine Garbage Feeding Operations |
38,000 |
| 2511-1025 | Country of Origin Labeling
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Country of Origin Labeling |
13,200 |
| 2515-1002 | Animal Disease Surveillance - Homeland Security
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Animal Disease Surveillance Homeland Security |
5,483 |
| 2515-1003 | Voluntary Johne's Disease Control
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Voluntary Johne's Disease Control |
30,000 |
| 2515-1004 | Scrapie Disease Surveillance and Flock Certification
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Scrapie Disease Surveillance and Flock Certification |
7,268 |
| 2515-1005 | Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Prevention |
27,400 |
| 2515-1006 | National Animal Identification System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Animal Identification System |
45,348 |
| 2515-1007 | National Animal Health Emergency Management
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Animal Health Emergency Management |
65,682 |
| 2515-1008 | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
103,427 |
| 2516-1000 | Massachusetts Agricultural Tourism Map
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Agriculture Tourism Map |
48,945 |
| 2516-9002 | Development of Institutional Marketing
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Development of Institutional Marketing |
36,670 |
| 2516-9003 | Farmers' Market Coupon Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farmer's Market Coupon Program |
607,229 |
| 2516-9004 | Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program |
55,000 |
| 2516-9007 | Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Organic Certification Cost-Share Program |
15,000 |