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Panel OKs $250,000 for Study of Ginseng

The Legislature's budget-writing committee has approved a plan to spend $250,000 on a study of ginseng. The Joint Finance Committee voted last week in favor of a plan to give the University of Wisconsin $250,000 to study the properties of Wisconsin ginseng over the next two years. State Sen. Russ Decker (D-Weston), who sponsored the measure, said the research would look at the effects of pesticides on ginseng and the health benefits of the crop. The funding is contingent on a 20% match by the Ginseng Board of Wisconsin. Decker says the ginseng industry has declined from a $120 million a year industry to a $20 million a year business, and he hopes the study will help the industry rebound. - SOURCE : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel1999.05.30

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