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119-hr-8533119th CongressWALLET

Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would _expand farmer-to-farmer technical assistance_ by adding a new framework to the Food Security Act to fund and organize farmer-to-farmer networks and site-specific conservation help. It sets who can get money, how networks must operate, and new reporting and language-access rules to reach underserved producers.

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  • Farmers, ranchers, and forest owners would gain more peer-led conservation help, mentoring, and training, with subaward funds allowed to compensate participants at market rates.
  • Nonprofits, farmer-to-farmer networks, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, local governments (including conservation districts), colleges, States, and individuals could receive cooperative agreements and subawards to run networks and capacity-building activities.
  • The Natural Resources Conservation Service would use existing conservation operations appropriations to fund the program, require annual reports from recipients, and deliver a four-year report to Congress describing funding and outcomes. The program would also require language assistance in farmers' native languages to the greatest extent practicable.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Grants for farmer-to-farmer networks

This bill would let the Agriculture Secretary and NRCS make cooperative agreements to fund farmer-to-farmer networks and local conservation training on active farm and forest lands. Eligible groups would include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, farmer networks, Tribes, local governments (including conservation districts), colleges, States, and other Secretary-designated groups. Those groups would be able to give subawards to plan events, build capacity, connect mentors, and pay participants at market rates, and must prioritize historically underserved or high-poverty-area farmers. Recipients would file annual reports to NRCS, the Secretary would report results to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees within four years, and money would come from NRCS conservation operations appropriations as needed. The bill would also require, to the greatest extent practicable, that non-English-speaking farmers get help in their native language.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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