FARMER Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator John Hoeven
Introduced
Summary
Expands premium support for certain crop insurance plans. This bill would create a new subsidy path for enterprise-unit and whole-farm revenue and yield protection plans, raise support for the Supplemental Coverage Option, and require a study of smaller-than-county SCO options for very large counties.
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- Producers choosing enterprise-unit or whole-farm revenue protection or yield protection plans would receive federal premium support set at 77% for one coverage level and 68% for another.
- The Supplemental Coverage Option subsidy would rise from 65% to 80%, increasing the federal share of SCO premiums.
- The crop insurance corporation would be required to study offering SCO at scales smaller than county for counties larger than 1,400 square miles and report results to congressional agriculture committees within 1 year.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Lower premiums for whole‑farm insurance
If enacted, the government would pay part of the premium for certain individual farm revenue or yield protection plans when you pick enterprise‑unit or whole‑farm coverage. The government share would be 77% for the coverage level the bill calls paragraph (2)(F) and 68% for the level called paragraph (2)(G). This would apply only to eligible individual plans chosen on an enterprise‑ or whole‑farm‑unit basis and would take effect upon enactment.
Higher subsidy for supplemental crop coverage
If enacted, the premium subsidy for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) would increase from 65% to 80%. The bill would also change two numeric SCO parameters, replacing "14" with "10" in one clause and "86" with "90" in another. Producers who buy SCO could pay less in premiums because of the higher subsidy, but the parameter changes could shift when SCO payouts or eligibility trigger. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
John Hoeven
ND • R
Cosponsors
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
KY • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV]
WV • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
ND • R
Sponsored 5/12/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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