Precision Agriculture in USDA Conservation & Rural Loan Programs (PRECISE Act)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-12-02 — Sustainable Agriculture Research Act: cross-connection with agarda-reauthorization: Sustainable Agriculture Research Act would add precision agriculture to AGARDA’s research mandate, linking USDA’s advanced R&D authority to the precision ag technologies being promoted in conservation and rural loan programs under the PRECISE Act. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-12-02 — PRECISE Act: 2025 — PRECISE Act (HR6143, 119th Congress, referred to Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology 2025-12-02) would amend USDA’s Conservation Loan Program, EQIP, Conservation Stewardship Program, and rural investment/loan guarantee program to explicitly support adoption of precision agriculture practices and technologies aimed at reducing crop and livestock inputs and improving environmental outcomes. (novelty: 2)