New Agricultural Research Priorities: Mechanization, AI, and Aquaculture
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish new research and extension grant priorities. It authorizes funding for developing technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (emphasizing specialty crop harvesting) and agricultural uses of artificial intelligence. The bill also supports research into managing and eradicating invasive species and developing aquaculture methods at land-grant colleges and universities.
Key points
Authorization of grants to develop technologies for mechanizing agricultural processes, with an emphasis on harvesting specialty crops.
Support for research into agricultural uses of artificial intelligence to improve specialty crop production.
Funding for projects at land-grant colleges to manage and eradicate invasive plant and animal species, including through biocontrol.
Support for aquaculture research aimed at developing the rearing of economically and ecologically valuable aquatic species.
Status:
Expired
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