Other Ag News: Secretary Rollins Unveils Plan to Modernize Agricultural Data Collection and Put Farmers First

(Washington, D.C., Sept. 1, 2026) – Today, at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Data Modernization Plan to put Farmers First, reduce unnecessary burdens on producers, and improve the timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of the agricultural data that informs decisions across American agriculture.