119th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 7562: Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2026
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Small Farms within the farm production and conservation mission area.
The office must coordinate, review, and implement various programs and activities related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations. Under the bill, a small farm, ranch, or forest operation (1) is less than 180 acres or meets another USDA-determined, acreage-based definition of small; and (2) has an annual gross cash farm income of less than $350,000.
Among other things, the activities of the office related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations must include
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- coordinating USDA efforts to improve support for these operators;
- providing or coordinating technical assistance for these operators for USDA grant, cost-share, and loan programs; and
- providing grants of not more than $25,000 to these operators directly or through cooperative agreements with other entities for areas including equipment and infrastructure repairs and upgrades, uninsured losses, business planning, and conservation practice adoption.
In addition, the Office of Small Farms must designate a small farms coordinator in each state.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Alma Adams D-NCOriginal
- James McGovern D-MAOriginal
- Frederica Wilson D-FL
- Eugene Vindman D-VA
- Jahana Hayes D-CT
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History
- Introduced in the House by Marilyn Strickland.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.