Bill · S. 507· Senate(119-S-507)
Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 2/11/2025
- Last activity
- 2/11/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S861-862)
- Sponsored by
- John Thune
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2025 aims to increase the use of precision agriculture across the United States. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to work with other agencies to create voluntary, private sector-led standards for how precision agriculture equipment connects together. These standards are intended to help achieve economies of scale and make it easier for people to adopt this technology. The Secretary must also consider factors like connectivity needs, cybersecurity threats, and the impact of artificial intelligence. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office is tasked with studying these standards every two years to see if they are working.
Yes· 3 of 9
Would farmers be better off under this?+5
The bill is designed to enhance the participation in and efficiency of precision agriculture for producers.
Would business owners be better off under this?+4
The bill aims to help agricultural producers by creating standards that promote economies of scale and ease technology adoption.
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+3
Precision agriculture is defined as a method to maintain environmental quality through better management of production inputs.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Ease of Adoption: The development of interconnectivity standards and guidelines is intended to ease the burden of adopting precision agriculture (Section 4(a)(1)).
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Economic Benefits: The creation of standards is meant to promote economies of scale for those using the technology (Section 4(a)(1)).
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Improved Efficiency and Quality: Precision agriculture is defined as a method to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality through better management of production inputs (Section 2(4)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Cybersecurity Threats: The bill identifies that there are cybersecurity challenges and threats facing agriculture producers and agriculture supply chains that must be considered (Section 4(b)(3)).
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+5Good For Business Owners+4
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Environmental Protections+3Improves Rural Development+3
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+3Increases Job Creation+2
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves Cybersecurity Defense+2
- Education And Technology
- Increases Scientific Research Funding+1
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+1
- 2/11/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S861-862)
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
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Raphael WarnockDemocrat · Georgia