This bill amends federal conservation programs under the Food Security Act to make it easier and faster to update farming and land conservation practices to include new technologies and innovations. The Department of Agriculture will establish a streamlined process for reviewing and revising conservation standards at least every five years instead of waiting years between updates, and will allow states and local communities more flexibility in creating interim standards and testing new approaches. The bill prioritizes innovations like precision agriculture, nutrient-efficient fertilizers, animal feed additives, and perennial crops, and requires the Agriculture Department to make the process transparent by accepting public submissions, publishing summaries of comments received, and creating detailed guidance on how the standards process works. The Secretary of Agriculture must develop and publish this new administrative process within one year of the bill's enactment, and existing conservation innovation grant programs will be expanded to support the evaluation of new technologies for incorporation into standards.
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