A 4293: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on climate resilient crops and climate smart farming practices; requires the commissioner to report to the governor and legislature within one year with recommendations for legislation and administrative programs.
The commissioner of agriculture and markets is authorized and directed to conduct a study on climate resilient crops and climate smart farming practices. The study aims to examine genetics, technology, and management to decrease yield gaps in farming and assess the effects of climate resilient crops and smart farming practices on access to locally grown food, job creation, and educational opportunities. The study will also evaluate the impacts on the environment. Within one year of the effective date, the commissioner shall deliver a report to key officials, including the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly. The report will include recommendations for legislation and administrative programs related to climate resilient crops and smart farming practices.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to agriculture |
| Feb. 04, 2025 | referred to agriculture |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4293 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to authorize and direct the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on climate resilient crops and climate smart farming practices The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The commissioner of agriculture and markets is hereby 2 authorized and directed to conduct a study on climate resilient crops 3 and climate smart farming practices. The purpose of this study shall 4 include but not be limited to examining genetics, technology and manage- 5 ment to decrease yield gaps in farming and examining the effects climate 6 resilient crops and climate smart farming practices would have on access 7 to locally grown food, job creation and educational opportunities, and 8 the impacts on the environment. 9 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner 10 of agriculture and markets shall deliver a report to the governor, the 11 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 12 minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly. 13 The report shall include recommendations for legislation and administra- 14 tive programs related to climate resilient crops and climate smart farm- 15 ing practices. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06511-01-5