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119-s-1769119th CongressWALLET

Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

Introduced

Summary

farmer-to-farmer networks would get federal support to expand peer-led conservation training and mentor matching. The bill would create cooperative agreements, subaward authority, annual reporting, and grant priorities for underserved and high-poverty areas.

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  • Farmers, ranchers, and forest owners would gain more accessible, peer-led technical assistance and mentor matching designed to increase adoption of science-based, site-specific conservation practices.
  • Nonprofits, tribes, conservation districts, institutions of higher education, States, farmer networks, and other designated entities could receive cooperative agreements and make subawards. Providers must carry out at least 2 activities such as mentor matchmaking, leader training, or administering subawards and must report annually on work and subawards.
  • The Secretary would give priority to entities that serve historically underserved producers and those in high-poverty areas, and eligible providers must, to the greatest extent practicable, provide language assistance to non-English speaking participants.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More help for farmer networks

If enacted, the Agriculture Secretary would be able to fund a new farmer-to-farmer assistance program. The Secretary would enter cooperative agreements with nonprofits, farmer networks, tribes, local governments, colleges, States, and others. Those groups would be able to award subawards to organizations and individuals to run events, match mentors, train leaders, and pay participants at market rates. The Secretary would prioritize groups serving historically underserved producers and those in high-poverty areas. Cooperative agreement recipients would report to USDA each year, and USDA would report to Congress no later than four years after enactment. Funds would come from NRCS conservation operations appropriations as "such sums as are necessary," and no specific dollar amount is set.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 5/14/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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