The Southern CROPS Act modifies federal agricultural support programs to benefit farmers in Southern states and other underserved agricultural producers. The bill allows underserved farmers, limited resource farmers, and economically distressed farmers to increase their base acres one time if they actively operate a farm and can show that their planted acreage of covered commodities exceeded their base acres during 2018-2022, with a maximum increase of 160 acres per farm. The legislation also adjusts the loan rate formula for marketing assistance loans starting in 2025 to account for rising input costs like fertilizer and labor, allowing rates to increase with documented cost increases while capping increases at 10 percent above the previous rate. Additionally, the bill extends and modifies the textile mill assistance program, maintaining current payment levels through July 2025 and then reducing payments to 4 cents per pound beginning August 2025. The bill contains no specific funding authorization, as it modifies existing agricultural programs rather than creating new appropriations.
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