A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2026-06-23
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- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryReferred To · 2026-06-23
Plain-English Summary
Farmers who cannot plant crops because they don't have enough water for irrigation would become eligible for government payments that normally go to farmers whose crops are prevented from being planted by weather or other disasters. This would help agricultural producers in water-scarce regions recover some of their lost income when drought or water shortages force them to leave fields unplanted. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to treat lack of irrigation water the same way it treats other prevented planting situations.
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