Sustainable Agriculture Research Act

(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:; and

The term precision agriculture means managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs (including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time) at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.

(2) in subsection (b)(2)—

(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end;

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and

(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:

(D) to enhance the role of sustainable agriculture (as defined in section 1404) in innovative voluntary resilience solutions in the United States through the development of agricultural technologies that may address—

(i) the impact of extreme weather on crop production;

(ii) the effects of drought and the potential of building water holding capacity in soils on crop and rangelands;

(iii) the expansion of the potential for long-term carbon storage through sustainable agriculture;

(iv) increased economic and practical feasibility for sustainable energy, including conventional and advanced biofuels, on farms and in the agriculture industry;

(v) increased voluntary adoption of conservation practices that sequester carbon and build on-farm climate resilience; and

(vi) increased economic and practical feasibility for, and voluntary adoption of, precision agriculture technology; and