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Soybean Lab Scheduled to Close After USAID Cuts Gets a Year-Long Reprieve

Inside Climate News · By Susan Cosier · last updated
An anonymous donor gives the Soybean Innovation Lab in Illinois a lifeline to continue its work.

By Susan Cosier

A lab focused on developing soybean farming in Africa was scheduled to shutter in April, a casualty of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts. Then a donor stepped in.