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119-hr-8507119th CongressWALLET

Precision Agriculture Workforce Training and Development Act

Sponsored By: Representative Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would make precision agriculture workforce development a high-priority research and extension focus and expand who can receive AFRI grants. It targets creating training programs and education partnerships to build student and cooperative education pathways into precision farming roles.

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  • Students and trainees: Would authorize grants to develop student workforce training programs in precision agriculture. Funding could support partnerships with public or private entities to increase student participation in precision ag training.
  • Colleges and cooperative education programs: Would let institutions that run cooperative education programs, as defined in the Higher Education Act, compete for Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grants to improve precision agriculture workforce training and development.
  • Research and extension providers: Adds a new high-priority item to the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 so research and extension grants can explicitly focus on building precision agriculture training and education partnerships.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More precision agriculture training grants

This bill would add a new high-priority research and extension category to fund precision agriculture workforce training. It would also let Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grants go to colleges that run cooperative education programs as defined in the Higher Education Act. The grants must be for improving precision agriculture workforce training and development. The bill does not set funding amounts or start dates. If enacted, students at qualifying schools would see more training and job-ready programs.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]

NE • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 4/27/2026

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 8/27/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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