USDA Seeks Input on Ready-to-Go Technologies and Practices for Agriculture Innovation Agenda

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2020— To even more the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) work on the Agriculture Development Program (AIA), USDA today revealed it is seeking public- and private-sector input on the most ingenious innovations and practices that can be easily released throughout U.S. farming.

USDA is searching for ready-to-go technologies and practices to accomplish its objective of increasing agricultural production by 40% to meet global population requires in 2050 while cutting U.S. agriculture’s ecological footprint in half.

“Across America, we have seen significant advances in farming production effectiveness and conservation performance during the previous two decades,” said Under Secretary Costs Northey, who leads USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation mission area. “We desire to keep the momentum. As part of our Farming Innovation Agenda, USDA wishes to continue helping farmers access new techniques.”

To help determine and accelerate adoption of ready-to-go innovations, USDA is currently accepting public remarks and written stakeholder input through its Ask for Info (RFI) through November 9, 2020, which is released on the Federal Register.

Input is welcome from the private sector, not for earnings, farmers, forest sector, trade associations, product boards and others included in the supply chain or development of widely appropriate practices, management approaches or innovations.

A ready-to-go practice, technology or management method consists of those that are completely developed, have been field evaluated and have actually completed independent research study trials.

Based on stakeholder input from the RFI, USDA will develop a detailed U.S. agriculture innovation technology method for our customer-facing programs.

USDA has released a new AIA site where visitors can access info on the current research study and information, ingenious conservation technologies offered via USDA programs, and other preservation resources. Visitors can also keep up to date on USDA’s accountability metrics and find out about the experiences of manufacturers who share comparable courses to success.

Background on USDA’s Farming Innovation Program:

The AIA is consisted of four primary parts. The first element is to establish a U.S. agriculture innovation strategy that lines up and integrates public- and private-sector research study. The second element is to align the work of our customer-facing firms and incorporate innovative technologies and practices into USDA programs. The third part is to conduct a review of USDA performance and preservation data. USDA currently closely tracks data on yield, but on the ecological side, there’s some catching up to do. Finally, USDA has actually set standards to improve responsibility. These targets will assist measure development toward meeting future food, fiber, fuel, feed and environment needs. A few of the criteria consist of:

View the RFI on the Federal Register, or download it here (PDF, 247 KB). For more details about the Farming Development Program, please see www.usda.gov/aia.

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