# 119-s-1769: Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2025

119-s-1769, Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1769
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-14
- Sponsor: Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More help for farmer networks: benefit, medium. 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 organiz…

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- 119-s-933: NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025
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- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1769 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1769)

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- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-933: NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-933)
- [119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4668)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1769 (as of 2026-09-21).