PRIA Logo™
119-s-4088119th CongressWALLET

Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]

Introduced

Summary

Expanding and funding crop insurance education and risk management. This bill would broaden who can receive and provide federal education and technical help and add new climate, conservation, and market-support activities.

Show full summary
  • Farmers would get broader education and technical assistance, including language translation and new climate-resilience practices like soil health, sustainable water and irrigation, perennial crop establishment, agroforestry, integrated livestock, and aerobic composting. Individual producers would face a revised payment limit of $200,000 per 5-year period.
  • Approved crop insurance providers would be incorporated as recipients and partners in the education and risk management framework, including links to the whole-farm diversified risk management insurance option.
  • The program would explicitly support market-diversification work such as value-added processing, drying and storage for small grains, organic transition, and food safety certification. It also authorizes an annual appropriation of $20 million beginning in FY2026 to carry out these activities.

*Would authorize $20 million annually starting in FY2026, increasing federal spending to support the expanded program.*

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New $200K five-year payment cap

If enacted, the bill would limit total payments to a person under this subsection to $200,000 in any five-year period. Payments made for the listed activities that are not paid under this subsection would not count toward that $200,000 cap. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Crop insurer and farmer education

If enacted, the bill would expand the program to provide education and technical help to approved crop insurance providers, including Federal providers. It would explicitly include the whole-farm diversified risk management insurance plan. The bill would also require language translation services when appropriate and make certain program activities apply to the newly included entities.

More farm diversification and conservation

If enacted, the bill would expand what the program can fund to reduce farm financial risk and to build climate resilience. New eligible activities would include soil health practices, sustainable water and irrigation projects, perennial crops and agroforestry, livestock integration, and aerobic composting. The bill would also let funds support market and production diversification like value-added processing, storage and drying for small grains, organic farming, and food-safety certification.

More funding for farm risk help

If enacted, the bill would increase and authorize new program funding. It would replace a $10 million figure with $30 million and would authorize $20 million for fiscal year 2026 and each year after. The authorized $20 million would remain available until spent and would be in addition to amounts made available under paragraph (4).

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]

CT • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

    ME • I

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation