Sec. 2304. Conservation innovation grants and payments

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Section 1240H(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting use not more than $25,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to after the Secretary may ; and in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting or persons participating in an educational activity through an institution of higher education, including by carrying out demonstration projects on lands of the institution before the semicolon at the end. Section 1240H(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(b)(2) ) is amended by inserting , and $37,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 after 2018 .

Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8 ) is amended by striking subsection

(c)and inserting the following: Using not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this chapter in each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, the Secretary shall carry out on-farm conservation innovation trials, on eligible land of producers, to test new or innovative conservation approaches— directly with producers; or through eligible entities. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall enter into agreements with producers on whose land an on-farm conservation innovation trial is being carried out to provide payments (including payments to compensate for foregone income, as appropriate to address the increased economic risk potentially associated with new or innovative conservation approaches) to the producers to assist with adopting and evaluating new or innovative conservation approaches. An agreement entered into under subparagraph

(A)shall be for a period determined by the Secretary that is— not less than 3 years; and if appropriate, more than 3 years, including if such a period is appropriate to support— adaptive management over multiple crop years; and adequate data collection and analysis to report the natural resource and agricultural production benefits of the new or innovative conservation approaches. A producer or eligible entity participating in an on-farm conservation innovation trial under paragraph

(1)may determine the scale of adoption of the new or innovative conservation approaches in the on-farm conservation innovation trial, which may include multiple scales on an operation, including whole farm, field-level, or sub-field scales. The Secretary shall provide technical assistance— to a producer or eligible entity participating in an on-farm conservation innovation trial under paragraph (1), with respect to the design, installation, and management of the new or innovative conservation approaches; and to an eligible entity participating in an on-farm conservation innovation trial under paragraph (1), with respect to data analyses of the on-farm conservation innovation trial. In this subsection: The term eligible entity means a third-party private entity the primary business of which is related to agriculture. The term new or innovative conservation approaches means— new or innovative— precision agriculture technologies; enhanced nutrient management plans, nutrient recovery systems, and fertilization systems; soil health management systems; water management systems; resource-conserving crop rotations; cover crops; and irrigation systems; and any other conservation approach approved by the Secretary as new or innovative. Not later than December 31, 2014, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the status of activities funded under this section, including— funding awarded; results of the activities; and incorporation of findings from the activities, such as new technology and innovative approaches, into the conservation efforts implemented by the Secretary. The Secretary shall use the data reported under paragraph

(1)to establish and maintain a publicly available conservation practice database that provides— a compilation and analysis of effective conservation practices for soil health, nutrient management, and source water protection in varying soil compositions, cropping systems, slopes, and landscapes; and a list of recommended new and effective conservation practices. Information provided under subparagraph

(A)shall be transformed into a statistical or aggregate form so as to not include any identifiable or personal information of individual producers. .

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16 USC 3839aa–8(a)
16 USC 3839aa–8(b)(2)
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Conservation innovation grants and payments

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