CEA Alliance celebrates bipartisan introduction of Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act

The Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance celebrates the bipartisan introduction of the Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ways & Means Tax Subcommittee Chairman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) and Ranking Member Mike Thompson (D-CA-04).

The Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act aims to create a new federal investment tax credit to support the deployment of CEA technologies and precision agriculture technologies for specialty crop growers.

“The CEA Alliance applauds Chairman Mike Kelly, Ranking Member Mike Thompson and the bill’s co-sponsors for introducing The Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act,” said CEA Alliance Executive Director Tom Stenzel. “The Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act fills an important policy gap for the diverse domestic specialty crop industry and will ensure that producers can leverage innovative technologies to grow more with less.”

The bill has received support from more than 50 agricultural trade associations and organizations including the National Association of StateDepartments of Agriculture, the International Fresh Produce Association, FMI –The Food Industry Association, the Agricultural Retailers Association and the CEAAlliance.

The bill has also received support from more than 30 state agriculture secretaries and commissioners, including Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

More about the bill can be found here.