Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10601: Conservation Executive Summary Section 10601 rewrites major federal conservation funding levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2031, using the Commodity Credit Corporation as the funding vehicle for several USDA conservation programs. It increases or extends funding for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Environmental Quality
Updated the expenditure-tracking flow to Mermaid and kept the rest of the document intact. Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10507: Poultry insurance pilot program Executive Summary Section 10507 creates a new poultry insurance pilot program within the Federal Crop Insurance Act. It directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, administered
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10506: Reviews, compliance, and integrity Executive Summary Section 10506 increases the annual funding cap for a specific Federal Crop Insurance Corporation review, compliance, and integrity authority from $7 million to $10 million beginning in fiscal year 2026 and for each fiscal year thereafter.[1] The
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10505: Program compliance and integrity Executive Summary Section 10505 is a narrow crop-insurance oversight funding provision. It amends Section 515(l)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, which funds data mining and related information-technology tools used to administer and enforce the Federal
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10504: Premium support Executive Summary Section 10504 increases federal premium support for several levels of buy-up crop insurance coverage under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. It does not create a new crop insurance product, a new grant program, or a direct farmer payment. Instead,
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10503: Administrative and operating expense adjustments Executive Summary Section 10503 changes the federal crop insurance delivery subsidy system by increasing administrative and operating reimbursements paid to approved crop insurance providers and agents. The section does not directly raise a producer’s premium subsidy or create
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10502: Area-based crop insurance coverage and affordability Executive Summary Section 10502 expands and subsidizes higher levels of area-based crop insurance coverage under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. It does not create a new grant program, direct appropriation, or stand-alone payment account. Instead,
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10501: Beginning farmer and rancher benefit Executive Summary Section 10501 expands crop insurance benefits for beginning farmers and ranchers by changing the Federal Crop Insurance Act definition of a beginning farmer or rancher from a producer with no more than 5 crop years of active
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10401: Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance Executive Summary Section 10401 expands several standing USDA disaster assistance programs for livestock, forage, honeybees, farm-raised fish, and trees. It does not create a single new disaster appropriation with a fixed dollar total. Instead, it changes eligibility rules, payment
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10314: Implementation Executive Summary Section 10314 provides a dedicated implementation fund for the commodity-program changes made in Subtitle C of Title I of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It amends section 1614(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014, codified at 7 U.
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10313: Dairy policy updates Executive Summary Section 10313 updates the federal Dairy Margin Coverage program, the USDA Farm Service Agency safety-net program that pays participating dairy operations when the national milk-feed margin falls below the coverage level selected by the producer.[1] The
Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10312: Sugar program updates Executive Summary Section 10312 updates the federal sugar program for the 2025 through 2031 crop years. It raises the raw cane sugar loan rate to 24.00 cents per pound and sets the refined beet sugar loan rate at 136.55