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Feb 10, 2026
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Senator Fischer urges Lutnick to allow "precision agriculture connectivity" to be an eligible use for the $20B+ in unspent BEAD funds. Lutnick agrees to "spend time together learning it." With deployment costs coming in $21B under budget, the surplus capital must go somewhere. "Precision Ag" is a bipartisan, high-utility way to spend that money, directly subsidizing the connectivity hardware and software ecosystems dominated by Deere. LONG Deere & Company as the primary beneficiary of subsidized rural connectivity for farming equipment. Treasury claws back the unspent funds instead of reallocating them. |
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