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S 3212 114th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Century Farms Act of 2016

Introduced: July 14, 2016 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Jul 14, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 14, 2016
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Century Farms Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program to recognize: (1) any farm that a state department of agriculture or similar statewide agricultural organization recognizes as a Century Farm, or (2) a farm or ranch that has been operated continuously and owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years. In recognizing farms under this bill, USDA must give preference to small farms.

What's happening now July 14, 2016

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

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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 14, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3212: Century Farms Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3212/
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"S. 3212: Century Farms Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3212/.
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S. 3212, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3212/.
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