Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026

Christopher Murphy

Democrat · CT · Senator

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• Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)Original· 2026-03-12

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2026-03-12

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This bill would provide financial assistance and support programs to help farmers manage their land more effectively, likely including grants or cost-sharing for practices like soil conservation, water management, and pest control. The legislation aims to help agricultural producers—particularly smaller and mid-sized farms—adopt sustainable farming methods while maintaining productivity. Farmers and agricultural organizations would be the primary beneficiaries of these assistance programs.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4088 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4088 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk management assistance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2026 Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk management assistance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. Section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``for the purpose of educating agricultural producers and providing technical assistance to agricultural producers'' and inserting ``for the purpose of educating and providing technical assistance to agricultural producers and approved crop insurance providers, including language translation services as appropriate,''; (B) in paragraph (3)-- (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``education, and outreach'' and inserting ``education, outreach, and language translation''; (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the end after the semicolon; (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: ``(F) Federal crop insurance providers, especially with respect to the whole farm diversified risk management insurance plan developed under section 522(c)(7); and''; and (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``paragraph (3)(E)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3) with respect to the entities described in subparagraphs (E) and (F) of that paragraph''; and (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) in paragraph (2)-- (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection to--'' and inserting ``subsection--''; (ii) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (F), by inserting ``to'' before the first word of the subparagraph; (iii) in subparagraph (C)-- (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``production or marketing diversification or''; (II) in clause (ii), by inserting ``areawide'' before ``integrated''; (III) in clause (iii), by striking ``or'' at the end after the semicolon; and (IV) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following: ``(iv) soil health improvements; ``(v) development of sustainable water sources and irrigation; ``(vi) perennial crop establishment, including establishment of agroforestry systems; ``(vii) integration of livestock; ``(viii) aerobic composting of crop and livestock waste; or ``(ix) other conservation practices determined by the Secretary to reduce the risk to a farm of financial loss due to the regional impacts of climate change;''; (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively; (v) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: ``(D) to mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification, including through-- ``(i) developing or implementing a plan to create marketing opportunities for the producer, including through value-added processing; ``(ii) developing or implementing a plan to establish market infrastructure for the producer to support enterprise diversification, including drying and storage facilities for small grains from resource-conserving crop rotations; ``(iii) organic farming; and ``(iv) food safety certification;''; and (vi) in subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated), by striking ``(E)'' and inserting ``(F)''; (B) in paragraph (3)-- (i) by striking ``The total amount'' and inserting the following: ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the total amount''; (ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking ``for any year may not exceed $50,000'' and inserting ``for any…

5-year period may not exceed $200,000''; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ``(B) Exclusion of other federal funds.--Any payments made to a person described in subparagraph (A) for carrying out activities described in paragraph (2) that are not made pursuant to this subsection shall not count for purposes of the payment limitation established under that subparagraph.''; (C) in paragraph (4)-- (i) in subparagraph (B)-- (I) in clause (i), by striking ``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$30,000,000''; (II) by striking clause (ii); and (III) by striking the subparagraph designation and heading and all that follows through ``Except as provided in clause (ii), the'' in clause (i) and inserting the following: ``(B) Funding.--The''; and (ii) in subparagraph (C)-- (I) in clause (ii), by striking ``to provide'' and inserting ``to carry out paragraph (2)(D), including providing''; and (II) in clause (iii), by striking ``(F)'' and inserting ``(G)''; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (4), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.''. <all>

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