A bill to amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to reauthorize the specialty crop research initiative and establish a specialty crop mechanization and automation research and development program, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2026-06-02
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Committee Activity
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- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryReferred To · 2026-06-02
Plain-English Summary
The bill would extend funding for research programs that help farmers grow fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops more efficiently, and would create a new program focused on developing machines and automated technology to harvest and process these crops. These changes would support agricultural researchers, farmers who grow specialty crops, and equipment manufacturers working to modernize farming practices. The bill is currently under review by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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