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S 910 119th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Farm Ownership Improvement Act

Introduced: March 10, 2025 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 10, 2025
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Farm Ownership Improvement Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a pilot program to implement a pre-qualification or pre-approval process for farmers and ranchers for direct farm ownership loans. As background, the Farm Service Agency Direct Loan Program provides Farm Ownership Loans to farmers and ranchers for the purchase and development of farm property.

Under the five-year pilot program, USDA must prioritize outreach to organizations that have demonstrated engagement with beginning farmers or ranchers.

In addition, USDA may make use of alternative methods, including financial benchmarking, to reliably evaluate the financial viability of a participant in the pilot program and the likelihood of repayment of the applicable loan.

USDA must submit an annual report to Congress on the pilot program, which must include a description of the program's performance outcomes and a recommendation as to the pilot program's value.

What's happening now March 10, 2025

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

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 Lobbying activity 13

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 Cosponsors 2
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Mar 10, 2025
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 910: Farm Ownership Improvement Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-910/
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"S. 910: Farm Ownership Improvement Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-910/.
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S. 910, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-910/.
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