Pork

From CAGW!

• $4,841,000 by 19 senators for wood
  utilization research in Alaska, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan,
  Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, and West
  Virginia. This research has cost taxpayers $95.6 million since 1985.
• $1,117,000 by Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Robert Bennett (R-Utah) for Mormon crickets.
• $300,000
  by Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Thad Cochran
  (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) for shrimp aquaculture. Since 1985, $69 million has been appropriated for this research.
• $270,000 by Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) for the Montana Sheep Institute. This organization has received $3.1 million in pork since 2002.
• $259,000 by Senate Appropriations Committee member Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) for floriculture. According to a September 13, 2007, Star Bulletin article Hawaii’s floriculture and nursery products grossed $100.7 million in 2006. Since 1995, CAGW has identified $4.1 million in pork for this research.
• $237,000
  by Senate Appropriations Committee member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and
  Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) for the Wine Grape Foundation Block at
  Washington State University. Wine in the state is a $3 billion industry.
• $184,000 by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) for Lowbush Wild Blueberry research. Since 1995, CAGW has identified $3.2 million in pork for this research.