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New FARM AI Act to expand AI research, training at USDA
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Fusion42 · 21 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
US Rep. Don Davis introduced the FARM AI Act, a House companion to Senator Budd's Senate bill, to integrate AI into US agriculture through expanded USDA research programmes, workforce training, and farmer adoption support. The legislation designates AI as a priority research area and creates a senior USDA AI advisor role to coordinate federal programmes.
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If you build AI tools for farming, the USDA just opened the federal research and training budget to help farmers adopt them. Extension offices are being funded to train farmers on your product, and there's now a dedicated federal AI advisor inside agriculture - that's your inside contact for pilot programmes and subsidised customer acquisition.
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