This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture programs that address:

• commodity support,
• conservation,
• trade and international food aid,
• nutrition assistance,
• farm credit,
• rural development,
• research and extension activities,
• forestry,
• energy,
• horticulture,
• crop insurance,
• livestock,
• agriculture and food defense, and
• historically underserved producers.

For more detailed information, see Congressional Research Service Report R45525, The 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334): Summary and Side-by-Side Comparison.

This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture programs that address:

• commodity support,
• conservation,
• trade and international food aid,
• nutrition assistance,
• farm credit,
• rural development,
• research and extension activities,
• forestry,
• energy,
• horticulture,
• crop insurance,
• livestock,
• agriculture and food defense, and
• historically underserved producers.

For more detailed information, see Congressional Research Service Report R45525, The 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334): Summary and Side-by-Side Comparison.

This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address:

• commodity support,
• conservation,
• trade and international food aid,
• nutrition assistance,
• farm credit,
• rural development,
• research and extension activities,
• forestry,
• energy,
• horticulture, and
• crop insurance.

The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to:

• require farmers to make a new election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for the 2019-2023 crop years, which may be changed for the 2021-2023 crop years;
• replace the Dairy Margin Protection Program with Dairy Risk Coverage and modify coverage levels and premiums;
• make Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs;
• reduce the adjusted gross income limitation for receiving benefits under commodity and conservation programs;
• modify funding levels and requirements for several conservation programs,
• consolidate several existing trade and export promotion programs into a new Priority Trade Promotion, Development, and Assistance program;
• legalize industrial hemp and make hemp producers eligible for the federal crop insurance program;
• establish an interstate data system to prevent the simultaneous issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to an individual by more than one state;
• increase the loan limits for farm ownership and operating loans;
• modify the experience requirement for farm ownership loans;
• authorize a categorical exclusion from requirements for environmental assessments and environmental impact statements for certain forest management projects with the primary purpose of protecting, restoring, or improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse or mule deer; and
• modify the organic certification requirements for imported agricultural products.

This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address:

• commodity support,
• conservation,
• trade and international food aid,
• nutrition assistance,
• farm credit,
• rural development,
• research and extension activities,
• forestry,
• horticulture, and
• crop insurance.

The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to:

• expand the work requirements and modify the eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program),
• repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program and incorporate parts of the program into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program,
• revise the requirements and process for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pesticide registration program,
• require farmers to make a one-time election to obtain either price loss coverage or agricultural risk coverage for the 2019-2023 crop years,
• allow payment yields used for price loss coverage payments to be updated once in counties affected by drought,
• rename the Margin Protection Program for dairy producers as the Dairy Risk Management Program and modify coverage levels and premiums,
• combine several trade programs into a single International Market Development Program,
• increase the loan limits for guaranteed farm ownership and operating loans,
• establish new broadband standards for projects financed through USDA, and
• expand the categorical exclusions that exempt certain forest management activities from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.

The bill also repeals the Clean Water rule (also known as the Waters of the United States rule), which was issued by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to define the scope of waters protected and regulated under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).

This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address:

• commodity support,
• conservation,
• trade and international food aid,
• nutrition assistance,
• farm credit,
• rural development,
• research and extension activities,
• forestry,
• horticulture, and
• crop insurance.

The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to:

• expand the work requirements and modify the eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program),
• repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program and incorporate parts of the program into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program,
• revise the requirements and process for the Environmental Protection Agency pesticide registration program,
• require farmers to make a one-time election to obtain either price loss coverage or agricultural risk coverage for the 2019-2023 crop years,
• allow payment yields used for price loss coverage payments to be updated once in counties affected by drought,
• rename the Margin Protection Program for dairy producers as the Dairy Risk Management Program and modify coverage levels and premiums,
• combine several trade programs into a single International Market Development Program,
• increase the loan limits for guaranteed farm ownership and operating loans,
• establish new broadband standards for projects financed through USDA, and
• expand the categorical exclusions that exempt certain forest management activities from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.

This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address:

• commodity support,
• conservation,
• trade and international food aid,
• nutrition assistance,
• farm credit,
• rural development,
• research and extension activities,
• forestry,
• horticulture, and
• crop insurance.

The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to:

• expand the work requirements and modify the eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program),
• repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program and incorporate parts of the program into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program,
• revise the requirements and process for the Environmental Protection Agency pesticide registration program,
• require farmers to make a one-time election to obtain either price loss coverage or agricultural risk coverage for the 2019-2023 crop years,
• allow payment yields used for price loss coverage payments to be updated once in counties affected by drought,
• rename the Margin Protection Program for dairy producers as the Dairy Risk Management Program and modify coverage levels and premiums,
• combine several trade programs into a single International Market Development Program,
• increase the loan limits for guaranteed farm ownership and operating loans,
• establish new broadband standards for projects financed through USDA, and
• expand the categorical exclusions that exempt certain forest management activities from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.