FARM BILL 2.0
BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO FEED AMERICA
The Agricultural Act of 2026 is built for the people who feed America. A modernized farm bill means more certainty for America’s farm families, rural communities and food supply.
TOPLINE
Builds upon the Working Families Tax Cuts farm safety net investments by further improving existing commodity, dairy, standing disaster and crop insurance programs while expanding opportunities tailored to the unique needs of specialty crop producers.
Streamlines and strengthens conservation programs while creating two new broadly popular initiatives: the Forest Conservation Easement Program and the State Conservation Assistance Program.
Fine-tunes the Conservation Reserve Program to improve grazing options, including during drought.
Bolsters Buy American requirements across nutrition programs.
Elevates our seafood industry by codifying USDA’s Office of Seafood and expanding credit access for commercial fishing operators.
Promotes common sense changes for U.S. Forest Service to implement critical forest health management projects through streamlined environmental reviews and enhanced partnerships.
BUILT FOR FARMERS, RANCHERS AND PRODUCERS
Supports local and regional meat and poultry processing, including new funding opportunities and additional regulatory guidance for small processors and renderers.
Improves access to USDA Rural Development programs and private capital so rural communities can strengthen critical utility and community infrastructure to provide vital services including healthcare, education, childcare and workforce development.
Enhances the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network to expand access to critical mental health care in rural communities.
Boosts financing, technical assistance, water quality testing and filtration to improve access to safe and reliable drinking water for rural residents.
Expands reliable high-speed broadband access by strengthening and modernizing USDA connectivity programs.
BUILT FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
Modernizes farm loan programs to provide the next generation with the capital and tools necessary to keep American agriculture strong and competitive on a global scale.
Strengthens innovation and market opportunities to increase domestic consumption of American agricultural commodities.
Creates a new specialty crop mechanization and automation research program with dedicated funding.
More than doubles funding for the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development
Program using investments made available in the Working Families Tax Cuts.
Expands opportunities to address emerging, underserved and previously neglected priorities in agricultural research and extension.
Promotes innovation by creating a regulatory pathway for plant biostimulants.
Defends the security of our agricultural land and food supply chains by strengthening foreign ownership disclosure requirements and enforcement.
