The department,through its Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, has been supporting a project in Michigan.That state has a short growing season.
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Now, Fazzino and HP's six-person government affairs outpost in Washington hope that momentum on innovation will carry along two other top priorities: patent reform and an extension of the research and development tax credit.
As of Thursday afternoon, The Washington Post reports, the administration is now considering a temporary payroll tax holiday and a permanent extension of the research and development tax credit, both of which would make businesses very happy.
Michael Farrell, director of Cornell's Uihlein Sugar Maple Research and Extension Field Station, also sees a big opportunity for northeastern maple producers.