New program would bring high-speed internet to farms for better agriculture.
This bill would create a new "Last Acre Program" to help bring high-speed internet to farms and agricultural lands that don't have it. Farmers and broadband providers would get grants and loans to set up internet service, especially for tools that help manage crops and livestock. This aims to boost modern farming practices across the country.
Today, many farms lack high-speed internet, and government surveys don't fully track how farms use broadband. If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of Agriculture would create the "Last Acre Program". This program would offer grants and loans. These funds would bring high-speed internet (at least 100 Mbps download/20 Mbps upload) to unserved and underserved farms. Also, government surveys would start collecting specific data on farm broadband use, including speeds and how it's used for precision agriculture.
S 1617 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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