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HOME > Farm Bill Priorities
Farm Bill Priorities
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CCFF
Priorities |
Specific Mandatory Funding Allocation Desired (annually unless otherwise stated) |
House Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) (annually unless otherwise noted) |
House Farm Bill Amendments (floor and committee) |
Conservation Security Program
(CSP) |
$3 billion |
Funding reduced by $3.2
billion over five years; no new contracts until 2012; significant
program modifications. |
Walz amendment passed in full committee mark
up allowing greater inclusion of organic practices |
Environmental Quality Incentives
Program (EQIP) |
$2 billion |
Increases EQIP from $1.27B
annually, to $1.5B in '08 to $2B in '12 (from CSP funds) |
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Farm and Ranch Land Protection
Program |
increase to $300 million |
Fully funded |
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Organic Farming Systems
Research and Extension Initiative (CSREES) |
increase funding to $15
million a year |
$5 million mandatory up to $25 million discretionary |
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Organic Conversion and Stewardship
Program |
$50 million |
$50M over 5 years for
organic transition until expended discretionary; allows farmers
$10,000 per year for up to 3 years |
Gillibrand amendment adopted in full committee
mark up |
National Organic Certification
Cost Share Program |
increase to $25 million |
$22 million mandatory
(over five years). |
Kagen amendment in full committee mark up -
sense of Congress on organic research |
Organic Crop Insurance |
end premium surcharges
for organic practices |
Partially in the bill |
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Community Food Project Competitive
Grants |
$30 million mandatory |
Re authorized as discretionary
at $30 million/year even though mandatory for the last 10 years |
Blumenauer floor amendment to provide $30 million
mandatory ruled not in order by Rules Committee |
Farmers Market Promotion
Program (Farmer Marketing Assistance Program) |
$25 million |
$5 million, increasing
to $10 million mandatory ($35 million over five years); not less
than 10% for EBT |
Require each state FNS office to implement wireless
EBT at farmers markets |
Value-Added Producer Grants |
$60 million a year |
$20 million annual mandatory;
focus on small and medium-sized farms; 10% set aside for value chain
networks; 10% set aside for beginning and minority farmers |
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Healthy Food Enterprise
Development Program |
$5 million in grants and
$25 million a year in loans |
Priority in Rural Business
and Industries Loan and Loan Guarantee program for local/regional
processing & distribution |
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Healthy Food Urban Enterprise
Development (HFED) - grant program |
Healthy Food Urban Enterprise
Development Program Grants authorized (discretionary funding) |
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Local Food Preferences |
allow govt. geographic
preferences to promote local food |
Included in Manager's
Amendment |
1) Gillibrand geographical preference amendment
adopted in full committee mark up; 2) Welch floor amendment approved
as part of en bloc amendment - to encourage schools to submit plans
for implementation to the Secretary that include locally grown food.
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Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition
Program |
increase to $75 million |
$15 million a year mandatory
remains same, allows additional $5M in '08 up to $60M in '12 discretionary |
Allen floor amendment regarding flexibility
in state implementation of SFMNP (to allow CSA-structured programs)
- withdrawn; colloquy with Chairman. |
Farm to Cafeteria Program |
up to $20 million a year |
Not included |
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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Program |
$300 million annually |
Increased from $9M annually
to $70M mandatory annually for 35 schools per state |
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Section 32 Specialty Crop
Purchases |
increase to $400 million |
190 million in 2008 193 million in 2009 199 million in 2010 203 million in 2011 206 million in 2012 |
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Specialty Crop Purchases
and Dept. of Defense (DOD) Fresh Program |
increase to $125 million |
50 million 08-09 75 million 2010-12 |
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Provide an Incentive Program
for Food Stamp Recipients to Purchase Additional Fruits and Vegetables |
Not included |
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Increase Food Stamp Benefit
Levels |
Additional Food Stamp
funding, eligibility changes, and indexing for inflation (En Bloc
Amendment pages 1-8) |
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Extend Food Stamp Eligibility
to Documented Immigrants and Single Adults |
Not included |
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Modernize Food Stamp Nutrition
Education to Allow Public Health Approaches |
Sense of Congress |
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Increase Funding for Emergency
Food Providers |
Discretionary funding
increased up to $100 million |
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Beginning Farmer and Rancher
Development Program |
$25 million |
$15 million mandatory |
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Outreach and Technical Assistance
to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program |
$15 million mandatory |
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Increase Cost Share for
Participation by Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers in
Conservation Programs |
5% funding set aside for
BFR and 5% for SDFR, in EQIP 90% cost-share for BFR/SDFR; CRP Transition
Program for BFR/SDFR |
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ATTRA |
new permanent authorization;
$5 million annual discretionary |
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