Requires the department of agriculture and markets to develop and maintain a database on the impact of climate change on agriculture; requires farmers to report to the department on the impact of climate change on agriculture, including but not limited to crops grown, outcomes and yield.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4264
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
ing the department of agriculture and markets to develop and maintain
a database on the impact of climate change on agriculture
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 53 to read as follows:
3 53. Develop and maintain a searchable, publicly available database of
4 agricultural data received annually from farmers in the state. Begin-
5 ning January first, two thousand twenty-seven, and annually thereafter,
6 farmers in the state shall report to the department on the impact of
7 climate change on agriculture, including but not limited to crops grown,
8 outcomes and yield. The department shall conduct outreach efforts to
9 farmers in the state to develop the database and to inform farmers of
10 the requirements of this subdivision.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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