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HR 7110 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Fruit and vegetables Horticulture and plants Research administration and funding Research and development

Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018

Introduced: October 30, 2018 Introduced by: Panetta, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Dec 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Oct 30, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 30, 2018
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Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Specialty Crop Mechanization Challenges program to carry out prize competitions for the mechanization of specialty crop production. (Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture.)

The program must include at least one prize competition for solutions to automate or alleviate stresses on the workforce during each of the following:

  • the planting of specialty crops,
  • tasks associated with the management of specialty crops,
  • the harvesting of specialty crops, and
  • processing and preparing specialty crops for distribution.

USDA must assemble prize committees to determine the scope, details, requirements, judging criteria, and incentives for each competition.

What's happening now December 12, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

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Valadao, David G.
California · Oct 30, 2018
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