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The bill directs sustained federal funding and technical support to help farmers—especially Tribal and underserved producers—adopt climate‑smart practices, but it increases federal spending and risks favoring larger organizations while creating administrative hurdles that could limit small‑producer participation and slow implementation.
Farmers, producer groups, Tribal Governments, and universities get sustained federal grants (about $150M/year FY2026–2034) to support climate mitigation, carbon sequestration, GHG reductions, and resilience on agricultural land.
Covered entities can fund and implement climate mitigation/adaptation projects on agricultural land, directly promoting carbon sequestration and on‑farm resilience practices.
Grants may provide technical assistance, on‑farm research, producer training, monitoring, and direct financial assistance, helping growers adopt practices and measure outcomes.
The competitive grant structure and application complexity may favor universities and large cooperatives with grant-writing capacity over individual and small farmers, limiting direct access for small producers.
Grant application, performance, and auditing requirements create administrative burdens that could deter participation by small producer groups and some Tribal entities.
Authorizing $150 million annually increases federal spending and could raise taxpayer costs or require budget offsets elsewhere.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a USDA competitive grant program funding climate mitigation and adaptation on agricultural land with $150M/year (FY2026–2034) and a one-third Tribal set-aside.
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to covered entities to develop, modify, or implement climate adaptation and climate mitigation proposals on agricultural land, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 1, 2025 by Kim Schrier · Last progress December 1, 2025
Creates a new competitive USDA grant program funding climate mitigation and adaptation projects on agricultural land. The program funds covered entities to develop, modify, or implement eligible proposals, sets application/selection/performance rules, includes definitions for Indigenous and traditional knowledge, and provides $150 million annually for fiscal years 2026–2034 with specific allocation rules including a Tribal set-aside.