Advancing Regenerative Agriculture and Strengthening American Farm Resilience

Key Points

• Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to boost support for regenerative agriculture, a set of farming practices focused on improving soil health, lowering input costs, and reducing chemical use while maintaining crop yields.
• The EPA is directed to speed up the approval of newer, safer alternatives to older farm chemicals, giving farmers access to more modern pest and weed management tools faster.
• The EPA will review the practice of spraying chemicals on crops right before harvest (called pre-harvest desiccation) to make sure those uses meet safety and environmental standards and that product labels are accurate.
• Multiple agencies will research how exposure to many different chemicals at once affects human health, including a grand prize challenge from the National Institutes of Health and prioritized research through ARPA-H for technologies that reduce reliance on conventional chemical crop protection.
• USDA will expand its existing Regenerative Pilot Program and use public-private partnerships to help more farmers adopt regenerative practices across the country.