To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary will award grants to specialty crop producers to acquire certain equipment and provide training with respect to the use of such equipment.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 2, 2025)
This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service to establish a grant program for commercial specialty crop producers to acquire equipment and provide related training.
Funds must be used for mechanized or automated systems and tools that increase the efficiency of a task or reduce human labor for a specific activity (e.g., low-dust harvesting tools and equipment, sorting machines, and crop monitoring and analytics equipment and tools).
The bill includes a minimum 50% cost-sharing requirement.
What just happenedSep 2, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 2, 2025
- Sep 2, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Sep 2, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 2, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House