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119-hr-6385119th CongressWALLET

Farm Transitions Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

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Summary

Broadens and accelerates the federal Commission on Farm Transitions to produce recommendations on land succession, equity, and ownership trends. This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to stand up the Commission within 60 days and expand what the Commission studies and recommends to cover apprenticeships, mentoring, business training, technical assistance, tax and other State and Federal policies, heirs' property, barriers facing underserved and women farmers, and leasing and foreign ownership trends.

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  • Farmers and farm families: The Commission would add heirs' property and agricultural land succession to its remit and produce recommendations that could inform future proposals on transferring and inheriting farm assets.
  • Historically underserved and women farmers: The Commission would review unique barriers these groups face in transferring, inheriting, or purchasing agricultural assets and would include recommendations addressing those obstacles.
  • Policymakers and program designers: The Commission would expand study topics to workforce supports like apprenticeships and mentoring, evaluate State and Federal policies including tax rules, study leasing and ownership trends by foreign persons, and extend the implementation timeframe to 2 years while updating a referenced year to 2029.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New commission on farm transitions

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to set up a Commission on Farm Transitions within 60 days of enactment. The Commission would study and make recommendations on more topics, such as apprenticeships, mentoring, business training, and technical assistance. It would also study heirs' property and agricultural land succession, barriers faced by historically underserved and women farmers and ranchers in transferring or buying farm assets, and leasing and ownership trends, including by foreign persons or entities. The Commission would review existing and new State and Federal policies, including tax policies, and whether those policies facilitate or impede farm transitions, and consider if options are affordable and timely. The bill would extend one implementation deadline from 1 year to 2 years after enactment and change a cited year from 2023 to 2029. These changes would only produce study findings and recommendations and would not create direct payments or change program eligibility.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

NC • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 12/3/2025

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 1/8/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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