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Iowa State University ';'-'' °' t^^'- 



Experiment Station 

 OF SCI ENCE AN D TECH NOLOG Y 



122 Curtiss Hall 



Ames, Iowa 50011-1050 



515 294-2518 



FAX 515 294-9477 



April 30, 1993 



The Honorable Charles W. Stenholm, Chair 

 Subcommittee on Department Operations & Nutrition 

 U. S. House of Representatives 

 Room 1301, Longworth House Office Building 

 Washington, D. C. 20515 



Dear Congressman Stenholm: 



On behalf of the NASULGC Board on Agriculture, I want to express a special 

 thanks for the opportunity to testify before your subcommittee on Department 

 Operations and Nutrition. The Board members obtained information from the 

 leadership of the Land-Grant University System in developing the testimony. If 

 you have additional questions or a need for further information, we would be 

 pleased to cooperate. 



Answers to the additional questions you requested are attached. The answers to 

 the questions reflect my personal opinion based on my position as Dean of 

 Agriculture at Iowa State University rather than Chair of the Board on 

 Agriculture for NASULGC. Because NASULGC is a national association and 

 governed by committees and boards, it is difficult to obtain a consensus when 

 answering specific questions submitted by your committee. My answers to your 

 questions are attached. 



Members of the NASULGC Board on Agriculture look forward to your report on 

 priorities and directions for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 



Sincerely yours. 



David G. Topel 

 Dean and Director 



DGT:ch 



Enc. 



cc: A^T. Mike Westendorf 



