Precision Agriculture Workforce Training and Development Act

This bill adds precision agriculture workforce development to the list of high-priority research and extension areas under a 1990 federal farm law. It allows research and extension grants to be made for programs that support student training in precision agriculture, in partnership with public or private entities. It also allows grants under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to go to schools that run cooperative education programs, for the purpose of improving precision agriculture workforce training and development.

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Sponsors

• Mike Flood Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors