Farmers would get new tools to fight the destructive spotted lanternfly.
A new bill would make fighting the spotted lanternfly a top research goal. This means farmers and researchers could get more support to develop ways to stop this pest, which damages crops and plants. The bill would also extend permission for other important agricultural research until 2028.
Today, the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 does not specifically list spotted lanternfly control as a high-priority research area. Also, the permission for general high-priority research expires in 2023. After this bill, spotted lanternfly control research would become a high-priority initiative, and the overall permission for high-priority research would be extended to 2028.
S 5200 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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