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Budget Summary FY2009

Department of Agricultural Resources
Data Current as of:  6/22/2009





FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2009
Conference
FY2009
Vetoes
FY2009
Overrides
FY2009
GAA
FY2009
Total
Spending
Department of Agricultural Resources 5,507 -320 320 5,507 4,910  
Emergency Food Assistance Program 12,000 0 0 12,000 12,000  
Agricultural Innovation Center 1,500 0 0 1,500 706  
Integrated Pest Management Program 301 0 0 301 301  
TOTAL    19,308 -320 320 19,308 17,916  

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account description amount
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES 17,916,357
Budgetary Direct Appropriations  
2511-0100 Department of Agricultural Resources
For the operation of the department of agricultural resources, including the division of administration, the expenses of the board of agriculture, the division of dairy services, division of regulatory services, the division of animal health, the division of agricultural technical assistance, the division of crop management and inspectional services, 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 jointly by the state aquaculture coordinator and Dukes and Nantucket counties; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be made available to the Massachusetts Specialty Foods Association; 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 $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; and provided further, that the department shall, to the extent possible, encourage corporate sponsorships for the purposes of providing agricultural fair prizes
4,909,813
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 Food 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
12,000,000
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
705,951
2511-3002 Integrated Pest Management Program
For the Integrated Pest Management program
300,593

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 4,370,678
2511-0310 Pesticide Enforcement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pesticide Enforcement
195,000
2511-0320 Certification of Pesticide Applicators
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Certification of Pesticide Applicators
123,000
2511-0336 Special Pesticide Disposal Initiative
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Pesticide Disposal Initiative
7,240
2511-0400 Cooperative Pest Survey Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Pest Survey Program
131,168
2511-0401 Pesticide Recordkeeping
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Pesticide Recordkeeping Program
17,500
2511-0972 Farmland Protection
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farmland Protection
2,650,000
2511-1025 Country of Origin Labeling
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Country of Origin Labeling
13,250
2515-1002 Animal Disease Surveillance - Homeland Security
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Animal Disease Surveillance Homeland Security
125,030
2515-1003 Voluntary Johne's Disease Control
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Voluntary Johne's Disease Control
44,300
2515-1004 Scrapie Disease Surveillance and Flock Certification
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Scrapie Disease Surveillance and Flock Certification
8,300
2515-1005 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Prevention
29,350
2515-1006 National Animal Identification System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Animal Identification System
246,500
2515-1008 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
126,000
2516-9002 Development of Institutional Marketing
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Development of Institutional Marketing
108,000
2516-9003 Farmers' Market Coupon Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farmer's Market Coupon Program
438,540
2516-9004 Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
57,500
2516-9007 Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
50,000