The Peoria Ag Lab is off the closure list. Representatives Cheri Bustos and Darin LaHood announced Monday that President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget recommends funding the facility.
Approximately 200 employees and contractors work at Peoria’s National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research on North University Street.
Spending cuts in the last two Presidential budget cycles threatened to close the facility.
Bustos is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. The Moline Democrat says the announcement is a victory for Peoria and bipartisan cooperation. LaHood, a Republican from Peoria, agrees. He’s pleased the Trump administration recognizes the Peoria Ag Lab’s innovative work.
Both Bustos and LaHood pledge they will continue to work together to ensure future funding for the Peoria Ag Lab.
