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Creates research and insurance actions to support winter canola and similar cold‑season oilseed crops as sustainable feedstocks. It directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to study whether vernalization‑dependent rapeseed/canola grown as double‑crops or rotational crops should be covered under double‑cropping/rotation insurance products, requires stakeholder consultation, and mandates a report to Congress. It also authorizes the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to research supplemental and alternative crops (including winter canola/rapeseed) and provides $10 million per year for fiscal years 2024–2029 to fund that research.
Ensure the continued growth of clean and sustainable feedstocks, supported by new crop insurance products that recognize double-cropping systems.
Recognize the importance and regional characteristics of winter canola grown rotationally or as a double-crop and the economic and environmental benefits to producers.
Recognize that investing in lower carbon-intensity renewable fuels, such as those produced from winter canola crops, can provide sustainable fuels, create jobs, enhance rural communities, and bolster national security.
Congress finds that winter canola improves farm economics.
Congress finds that oil from winter canola is a source of renewable energy as a feedstock for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and jet biofuel.
Who is affected and how:
Farmers and growers: Especially producers in regions suitable for winter canola/rapeseed will be directly affected. If studies support insurance coverage, growers could gain a new risk‑management tool for double‑cropping systems, potentially improving net returns and reducing financial risk for planting winter oilseeds on otherwise idle rotation ground.
Owners and operators of commercial farms: May see changes to crop rotation options, enterprise budgets, and land use planning if insurance products are modified to recognize these oilseeds as double‑crop rotations.
Rural communities and agricultural supply chains: Increased winter oilseed production could create local jobs (planting, harvest, handling), provide additional farm income streams, and supply feedstock for local or regional biodiesel/renewable diesel supply chains.
Renewable fuel and biofuel producers: Biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel producers could gain access to a domestic, lower‑carbon feedstock, supporting production scaling and potentially reducing feedstock price volatility over time.
Federal agencies and contractors: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and NIFA must carry out studies and research. NIFA is authorized $10M/year (FY2024–FY2029) for research, which requires appropriation and program execution. The Corporation may engage contractors to perform studies, favoring experienced organizations.
Environmental and soil health outcomes: If adopted, winter oilseeds grown in rotation or as double‑crops may improve soil cover, reduce erosion, increase biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas intensity of liquid fuels (the law cites potential >50% GHG reduction compared with conventional fuels).
Practical effects and limits:
Amends 7 U.S.C. 3319d by inserting a new subparagraph (F) in subsection (c)(3) to require examination of potential benefits and opportunities for supplemental and alternative crops (including winter rapeseed and winter canola), redesignating the existing subparagraph (F) as (G); and by adding a new paragraph (4) to subsection (e) specifying $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.
Adds a new paragraph (20) to Section 522(c) requiring the Corporation to carry out or contract for research and development on including specified covered oilseed crops (rapeseed and canola meeting defined criteria) under double cropping and rotational cropping policies, including consultation with stakeholders and criteria for awarding contracts.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Introduced April 10, 2025 by David Kustoff · Last progress April 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House