A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 22, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
This bill reauthorizes federal programs that provide training and assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers, veteran farmers, and beginning farmers through 2031. The legislation extends funding for outreach grants and requires that these programs specifically include interpretation and translation services to help farmers with language barriers access Department of Agriculture resources and technical assistance. The bill also establishes new transparency requirements, mandating that the Department of Agriculture compile and report data every five years on agricultural programs broken down by race, ethnicity, and gender of farm operators, covering items like crop acreage, loan guarantees, and grazing permits while maintaining appropriate privacy protections. These changes aim to improve equity in agriculture by ensuring underrepresented farmers have better access to government programs and by creating accountability measures to track whether benefits are distributed fairly across different demographic groups.
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