Chris Chinn now officially heads the Missouri Department of Agriculture, but with a smaller proposed budget. Chinn, confirmed Thursday by the Missouri Senate to be the new Missouri Director of Agriculture, faces a proposed funding cut from $53 million to about $40 million. Chinn tells Brownfield much of what was cut had not been funded in recent years anyway, but she says she’s ready for the department to do its part to achieve a balanced state budget.
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