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Eric Sorensen: “Land-grant universities, like the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, are responsible for about 70 percent of all…”

On the recordJune 13, 2023
Land-grant universities, like the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, are responsible for about 70 percent of all the agricultural research in the United States.
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Eric Sorensen
Democratic · Washington

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Highlighting the significant role of land-grant universities in U.S. agricultural research.

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