Number of earmarks: 177
Amount requested: $242.3 million
With Iowa a farming-intensive state, more than $5 million of Senator Harkin’s requests are in the agriculture category, though none was over $1 million and many are in the emerging agribusiness sector, such as $405,000 for ag-based industrial lubricants and $100,000 for Prairie Biomass. More than $15 million, requested alone or with Republican Sen, Charles Grassley of Iowa, is in the category of military construction spending, such as technology, training, and security at Army and National Guard facilities in the state.
