To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for prize competitions relating to specialty crop mechanization, and for other purposes.
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:
USDA must assemble prize committees to determine the scope, details, requirements, judging criteria, and incentives for each competition.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
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