Secretary Rollins Announces $180 Million Investment to Secure U.S. Seed Supply and Boost Farm Innovation
The plan will sequence thousands of plant varieties and make genomic data public to improve crop resilience and competition in seed markets.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a $180 million investment to launch the USDA's Seed Sovereignty Initiative, aiming to strengthen American agricultural security by protecting and sequencing the nation's plant genetic resources.
- While foreign competitors actively acquire and sequence plant genetic resources globally, the United States has not fully capitalized on genetic information within its own collections, leaving vital agricultural assets under-researched.
- Funding will support the Agricultural Research Service National Plant Germplasm System, which houses more than 600,000 accessions representing over 16,000 species, enabling researchers to identify valuable crop traits.
- The USDA is also expanding its Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Justice to ensure transparency and competition in seed markets, strengthening American farmers' choices.
- Developing crop varieties resistant to drought, disease, and emerging pests will benefit American farmers and consumers by securing the genetic foundation of the national food supply for future generations.
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The logo of Bayer AG in a showroom of the German drugmaker and seed supplier where the annual results news conference takes place in Leverkusen, Germany, on Feb. 27, 2020. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)
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Secretary Rollins announces $180 million investment to secure U.S. seed supply and boost farm innovation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAOW) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $180 million investment to launch the Seed Sovereignty Initiative, aimed at protecting plant genetic resources that underpin American agriculture
USDA Announces $180M Seed Sovereignty Initiative
WASHINGTON — Today [Oct. 6, 2026], U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a $180 million investment to launch the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Seed Sovereignty Initiative, a major effort to both strengthen U.S. agricultural security by protecting the plant genetic resources that underpin American agriculture and enable breakthroughs in U.S. agricultural innovation. […]
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