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The bill provides sustained, targeted federal funding and capacity-building to help farms — especially Tribal and underserved producers — reduce emissions and build resilience, but increases federal spending and may favor larger organizations and established practices over small producers and novel local solutions.
Farmers, rural communities, and state governments receive sustained federal funding — $150 million per year (FY2026–2034) — to support carbon sequestration, GHG reductions, and climate resilience projects on agricultural land.
Tribal governments and tribal residents get at least 33% of program funds, expanding resources for Indigenous-led agricultural climate projects and recognizing traditional ecological knowledge.
Producers, universities, and extension services can receive grants for technical assistance, on‑farm research, producer training, monitoring, and direct financial support to adopt and measure climate-smart practices.
Small and individual farmers and Tribal entities may be disadvantaged because competitive grant processes and application, reporting, and audit requirements favor organizations with grant-writing capacity (universities, large cooperatives) and impose administrative burdens.
Providing $150 million annually increases federal spending, which could raise taxpayer costs or require budget offsets elsewhere.
Allocating about one-third of funds to development/modification (versus direct implementation) could delay on‑the‑ground action for producers seeking immediate climate and resilience benefits.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a USDA competitive grant program funding climate mitigation and adaptation projects on agricultural land with $150M/year (FY2026–2034) and set allocations, including a Tribal set-aside.
Introduced December 1, 2025 by Kim Schrier · Last progress December 1, 2025
Creates a USDA competitive grant program to fund climate mitigation and climate adaptation projects on agricultural land. The program defines key terms, sets application and selection rules, limits administrative spending, requires auditing and accountability, and provides $150 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2034 with specific allocation rules, including a Tribal set-aside. Grants may fund development/modification of proposals and implementation of projects; at least one-third of annual funds must support development/modification, at least one-third implementation, and one-third is reserved for Tribal Government authorities. The law also updates a minor wording change to an existing provision to include "emissions reductions."