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Sustainable Agriculture Research Act
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.
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Summary
Sustainable Agriculture Research Act
This bill expands the goals of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA).
Specifically, the bill requires AGARDA to enhance the role of sustainable agriculture in innovative voluntary resilience solutions in the United States through the development of agricultural technologies that may address
- the impact of extreme weather on crop production;
- the effects of drought and the potential of building water holding capacity in soils on croplands and rangelands;
- the expansion of the potential for long-term carbon storage through sustainable agriculture;
- increased economic and practical feasibility for sustainable energy on farms and in the agriculture industry;
- increased voluntary adoption of conservation practices that sequester carbon and build on-farm climate resilience; and
- increased economic and practical feasibility for, and voluntary adoption of, precision agriculture technology.
The bill defines precision agriculture as managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs (including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time) at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Dec 2, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Oct 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Oct 28, 2025 Introduced in House
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