Dr. Thomas Henick-Kling is hopeful research funding will be restored in the next Farm Bill. Though the viticulture and enology program at Washington State University has largely heldits own during the last five years of drastic cuts from state allocations, viticulture and enology researchers are feeling the squeeze from ­Congress’s move to halt federal earmarks. The term “earmark” refers to legislation inserted in the federal budget that directs approved funding to be spent on specific projects, in this case the Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research Center and the Viticulture Consortium. The two-year moratorium on earmarks eliminated about one-third of […]