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Specialty Crops Pest & Disease Preparedness

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

2026-08-05 — Importation of Coffee Into Hawaii and Puerto Rico: APHIS proposed rule to amend coffee import regulations for Hawaii and Puerto Rico via a notice-based process and broader pest language, aimed at faster phytosanitary updates protecting domestic coffee production from foreign pests such as coffee berry borer and coffee leaf rust (status: proposed rule, novelty: 2). (novelty: 2)
2026-07-20 — Food Standards of Identity Modernization; Pasteurized Orange Juice: cross-connection with citrus-juice-identity-standards: The Brix reduction and tangerine-blending allowance are widely framed as a regulatory accommodation for the Florida citrus industry’s decline from citrus greening (HLB) disease. (novelty: 2)
2025-09-02 — 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.: Extractor cross-flagged HR5097, which would create a USDA grant program for specialty crop producers to acquire mechanized/automated equipment with a 50% cost-share; shares the specialty crops policy domain but addresses labor mechanization rather than pest/disease preparedness (status: introduced, novelty: 2). (novelty: 2)
2026-06-01 — Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program: Extractor cross-flagged the ASCF Program final rule, which provides one-time bridge payments to specialty crop producers affected by elevated input costs and export disruptions; it shares the specialty crops policy domain but does not directly address pest/disease preparedness. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2026-02-25 — Specialty CROP Act of 2026: Extractor cross-flagged the Specialty CROP Act of 2026, which focuses on trade barrier reporting rather than pest/disease preparedness but shares the specialty crops policy domain and Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program context. (novelty: 2)
2026-03-20 — Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026: 2026 — Land Grant Research Prioritization Act (HR7734) (citation removed): would add AI applications for specialty crops and invasive species management to USDA high-priority research and extension grant areas, complementing pest and disease preparedness efforts. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2026-06-02 — Improving Pest and Disease Preparedness for Specialty Crops Act: Improving Pest and Disease Preparedness for Specialty Crops Act introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (status: introduced). (novelty: 2)