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$94,687,811

Department of Agriculture·Office of the Chief Financial Officer

to PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

WORK BEGAN2026-04-18·LATEST ACTION2026-05-07·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_12314426F0126_1205_12314426A0009_1205
Award description

CENTRALIZE FARM PRODUCTION & CONSERVATION IT SYSTEMS, AUTOMATE PROCESSES, AND INTEGRATE DATA FOR BETTER EFFICIENCY PER THE LANDMARK PLATFORM INITIATIVE. STAFF + PRODUCERS GAIN UNIFIED ACCESS, WITH POSSIBLE EXTERNAL AGENCY DATA INTEGRATION AS NEED

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Consolidate USDA farm production and conservation IT systems into a unified platform, automating processes and integrating data across agencies.

Sub-sectors
farm-data-systemsit-modernizationusda-platform-initiative
Why this matters

Modernizes fragmented USDA legacy systems affecting millions of farmers and conservation programs; enables real-time data sharing across federal agencies for policy efficiency.

Supply-chain signal

Palantir's data integration platform becomes critical infrastructure for USDA supply-chain visibility, farm subsidy administration, and conservation compliance tracking.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. agricultural data sovereignty and domestic control of farm-production intelligence systems; reduces reliance on foreign data platforms for food-security policy.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-29. Cost: $0.003000.

Period of performance
Start
2026-04-18
End
2027-04-17
Status
activein 278 days
Sources

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