• $300,000 for the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation and Animal Feeding Operation Pilot Project.

• $246,000 to study chronic wasting disease in deer and elk in various regions of the country, including Utah.

• About $1.5 million for flood prevention at Coal Creek, Ferrin, Muddy Creek and an area identified as "Tri-Valley."

• $5 million for the Utah Conservation Initiative.

• At least $1 million for cricket and grasshopper control in Utah.

• $1.25 million for the National Agriculture Imagery Program, Farm Service Agency.

•A study, cost not announced, by the Agriculture Research Service on the feasibility of constructing a new greenhouse and herbarium facility for biology and botanical studies at Utah Valley State College, Orem.

Bennett also noted projects of interest to the state but not necessarily based in Utah, including at least $5 million to study sage grouse habitat conservation; $2 million for the National Sheep Improvement Center; $19 million for eradication of scrapie, a disease affecting sheep and goats; and more than $28.1 million for the nationwide Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative.

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