Bill · S. 1713· Senate(119-S-1713)
Agriculture Innovation Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 5/12/2025
- Last activity
- 5/12/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Sponsored by
- Amy Klobuchar
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Agriculture Innovation Act of 2025 seeks to amend the Food Security Act of 1985. It authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to modernize data infrastructure to improve agricultural productivity, profitability, and ecological outcomes. The bill focuses on collecting and analyzing data regarding conservation and production practices. It establishes a secure data center to manage this information while protecting producer privacy. Additionally, the Secretary will use this data to provide technical assistance and internet-based tools to producers.
Yes· 3 of 8
Would farmers be better off under this?+7
The bill provides producers with technical assistance, internet-based tools, and data specific to their own operations to improve yields and profitability.
Would business owners be better off under this?+6
The bill is designed to increase the profitability and productivity of farms and ranches through data-driven insights.
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+6
The bill aims to improve conservation outcomes and quantify ecosystem services like water filtration and habitat.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Farm Profitability and Productivity: The collection and analysis of data aim to better understand how specific practices impact crop yields, soil health, and the overall profitability of farms and ranches (Section 2(a)(1)).
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Development of Ecosystem Service Markets: By quantifying the benefits of working lands, such as water filtration and habitat, the bill seeks to accelerate the development of ecosystem service markets (Section 2(a)(2)).
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Optimized Government Programs: The data is intended to help the Department of Agriculture improve how it implements programs to maximize ecological benefits and productivity (Section 2(a)(3)).
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Access to Technical Assistance and Tools: Within three years, the Secretary must provide technical assistance and internet-based tools to help producers improve sustainable practices and increase yields (Section 2(e)(1)).
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Provision of Specific Farm Data: The proposed internet-based tools are intended to provide producers with confidential data specific to their own farm or ranch (Section 2(e)(2)(A)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Data Collection Burdens: While the bill mandates that data collection be done in a manner that places the "lowest practicable burden on producers," it still involves the collection of producer data to understand the impacts of various practices (Section 2(c)(3)).
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Privacy and Security Risks: Although the bill requires industry-standard security protocols and prohibits the sale of individual producer data, the creation of a secure data center involves handling proprietary and identifiable producer data (Section 2(d)(2)(A)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Farmers+7Good For Business Owners+6
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Environmental Protections+6Improves Rural Development+4
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+5Improves Privacy Rights+4
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+5
- Education And Technology
- Increases Scientific Research Funding+3
- 5/12/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
John ThuneRepublican · South Dakota