A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is introducing a bill to help land-grant universities develop new technologies for American farmers in cotton-growing states such as Georgia and Florida.
Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democrats from Georgia, and Ashley Moody and Rick Scott, Republicans from Florida, said Thursday that the Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026 would boost R&D for advanced agricultural innovations, including mechanization.
Ossoff recently co-sponsored the Buying American Cotton Act of 2025, another bipartisan bill, to incentivize retailers to sell products made with U.S. cotton and buoy demand for the crop. Georgia’s cotton growers, he said, are essential to the Peach State’s economy.
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