This bill amends Section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand education and risk-management assistance for agricultural producers and approved crop insurance providers. It adds language translation services to outreach and education. The bill adds federal crop insurance providers to entities eligible for education and outreach, and it expands the list of qualifying conservation and risk-reduction practices to include soil health improvements, sustainable water sources and irrigation, perennial crop establishment and agroforestry, livestock integration, aerobic composting of crop and livestock waste, and other practices the Secretary determines reduce climate-related financial risk. It also adds activities to mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification, including developing marketing plans and value-added processing, building market infrastructure (for example drying and storage for small grains tied to resource-conserving rotations), organic farming, and food safety certification.
The bill changes payment limits for assistance: payments to a person are limited to $200,000 for any 5-year period. It clarifies that other federal payments for the same activities do not count toward that limit. It raises a funding figure from $10,000,000 to $30,000,000 in the amended text and authorizes an additional $20,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.
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