The Agricultural Management Assistance program, which helps farmers manage financial risk, would be expanded. Eligible activities would grow to include soil-health improvements, sustainable water and irrigation development, perennial crops and agroforestry, livestock integration, composting, and other practices that reduce climate-related financial risk. The program would also add language-translation services and extend help to crop insurance providers. The per-person payment limit would change from $50,000 a year to $200,000 over any five-year period, program funding would rise from $10 million to $30 million, and an additional $20 million a year would be authorized starting in fiscal year 2026.
Environmental Concerns
- Conservation practice funding — Eligible activities expanded to soil health, agroforestry, sustainable irrigation, and climate-risk reduction
Congressional Summary
Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026 This bill expands and revises the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) programs, which help agricultural producers manage financial risk through diversification, marketing, or natural resource conservation practices. (AMA is available in 16 designated states where participation in the Federal Crop Insurance Program is historically low.)Specifically, the bill expands the eligible uses for financial assistance funds for producers to includesoil health improvements,the development of sustainable water sources and irrigation,composting,and other conservation practices determined to reduce the risk to a farm of financial loss due to the regional impacts of climate change.The bill also specifies that funds provided to mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification may be used for food safety certification.The bill provides additional funding for the program and changes the payment limitation for farmers to $200,000 over five years (currently $50,000 per year).The bill also expands those eligible for assistance under AMA programs to include federal crop insurance providers, in particular providers of Whole-Farm Revenue Protection plans.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-16
- Date Added
- 2026-05-14
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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