Administration Proposes Disappointing Renewable Energy Agriculture and DOE Biomass Budget for FY2009

WASHINGTON, D.C., On February 4, 2008 the Administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year FY09.

The Administration’s budget requests $95 billion for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA); this is nearly $6 billion more than the Administration’s FY08 funding request. This includes $72 billion of mandatory funding for programs required by law (nutrition, commodity, etc.) and $23 billion for discretionary programs (rural development, research, etc.)

USDA renewable energy and biomass programs received only $29.4 million in the Administration’s FY09 budget request.