Protecting Our Produce Act
Sponsored By: Representative Bishop
Introduced
Summary
Would create a pilot program that pays seasonal and perishable crop producers when import-driven price declines cut their market returns. It would target five fresh-market crops and tie payments to the gap between a five-year reference price and the current seasonal market price.
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- Growers of asparagus, bell pepper, blueberry, cucumber, and squash could receive annual crop-loss payments when imports cause seasonal prices to fall.
- To qualify, a producer must have average adjusted gross income under $5 million over the prior three tax years and earn at least 75 percent of income from farming, ranching, or forestry.
- Payment equals the difference between the crop’s reference price and its effective price multiplied by the producer’s five-year average production, excluding the highest and lowest years.
- Applies within defined geographic regions and seasonal marketing windows and would begin with the 2025 marketing year.
- Authorizes $200 million per fiscal year and sunsets five years after enactment.
*Would authorize $200 million per fiscal year for the pilot, increasing federal outlays while the program runs.*
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Payments for seasonal produce growers
If enacted, this bill would create a five-year pilot starting with the 2025 marketing year to pay producers of asparagus, bell pepper, blueberry, cucumber, and squash sold raw. You would get a payment only if the national average price during your seasonal marketing window (the effective price) is below the 5-year trimmed reference price and the Secretary finds the loss is caused by imports. The payment rate would equal reference price minus effective price, and your payment would equal that rate times your 5-year trimmed average production. To apply you must submit information to the Secretary, have average AGI under $5,000,000 for the prior three tax years, and get at least 75% of AGI from farming, ranching, or forestry. The program would be funded up to $200 million each fiscal year and would end five years after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bishop
GA • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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