The congress decided to allocate 50 million dollars of Agricultural Appropriations for FY 2016 in order to save the citrus industry in the area.
Congressman Henry Cuellar of Laredo, Texas, has managed to book $ 50 million budget Agricultural Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 to save the citrus industry in Texas.
Cuellar, whose district includes a portion of the Rio Grande Valley, the largest producer of citrus Texas, area understands the importance of industry 11.200 billion in the United States and how it has been affected by citrus greening, plague lethal for plants that spread by an insect known as the Asian citrus psyllid.
“These 50 million are financing federal funds rate level for efforts against citrus pest budget allocations and give us a fighting chance to save the citrus industry in Texas, as well as the lifestyle of the growers across the Rio Grande Valley, “Cuellar said. “We must do everything we can to protect citrus Texas. I thank my colleagues from South Texas its help booking these budget funds 2016 agriculture appropriations “.
Of those 50 million, Congressman Cuellar has reserved $ 6.5 million budget for the Multi-Agency Coordination greening, a working group that focuses specifically on the crisis in the greening. It has also reserved $ 43.5 million in federal funds for the Health Response Program Citrus, which is a very important national program to combat pests of citrus. Federal funds are used in partnership with the Departments of Agriculture of other states and groups of the citric to investigate, monitor and combat pests and disease sector.
