Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes national goals to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2040, with specific subgoals for soil health, cover crops, grazing management, and farmland preservation, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement an action plan to achieve national climate goals, including regulations, incentives, and R&D programs, and amends the National Agricultural Research Act to add climate change mitigation and resilience as core purposes. It relies on grants, appropriations, compliance mandates, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Agriculture, Science & Space, Education, and Research & Development.
Who Benefits and How
Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners could see lower costs, Small meat and poultry processors could gain revenue opportunities, and Organic farmers could see lower costs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA agencies and staff would take on compliance duties, Real estate developers could face higher barriers, and Federal programs would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Establishes national goals to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2040, with specific subgoals for soil health, cover crops, grazing management, and farmland preservation.
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement an action plan to achieve national climate goals, including regulations, incentives, and R&D programs.
- Amends the National Agricultural Research Act to add climate change mitigation and resilience as core purposes.
- Establishes a national network of regional hubs for climate risk mitigation and adaptation.
- Creates regional climate hubs for climate risk information and technical assistance.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes national goals to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2040, with specific subgoals for soil health, cover crops, grazing management, and farmland preservation, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement an action plan to achieve national climate goals, including regulations, incentives, and R&D programs, and amends the National Agricultural Research Act to add climate change mitigation and resilience as core purposes.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Science & Space, Education, Research & Development
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes national goals to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2040, with specific subgoals for soil health, cover crops, grazing management, and farmland preservation, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement an action plan to achieve national climate goals, including regulations, incentives, and R&D programs, and amends the National Agricultural Research Act to add climate change mitigation and resilience as core purposes.
Policy Domains
Title I - National Goals and Action Plan
Identified Gains
- Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners
- Small meat and poultry processors
- Organic farmers
- Conservation program participants
- Universities and research institutions
Identified Costs
- USDA agencies and staff
- Real estate developers
- Federal programs
- Meat producers making premium claims
- Food manufacturers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sanders, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Agricultural operations testing innovations, Agricultural producers installing renewable energy, Beginning and disadvantaged farmers
Positive-direction: Agricultural operations testing innovations, Agricultural producers installing renewable energy, Beginning and disadvantaged farmers, Beginning farmers and ranchers, CRP landowners, CSP participants, Conservation program participants, Cover crop and perennial producers, Dairy and livestock producers, Dairy and livestock producers reducing methane, Easement landowners, Farmers and ranchers, Farmers and ranchers adopting climate-friendly practices, Farmers implementing conservation, Farmers seeking local processing, Farmers using cover crops, Farmers with anaerobic digesters, Farmers with verified sustainable practices, Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners, Grazing land managers, Local food producers, Organic farmers, Pasture-based dairy operations, Small meat and poultry processors, Small meat processors, Specialty crop producers
Negative-direction: Conventional farmers not adopting new practices, Farmers on erodible cropland, Farmers subject to compliance, Federally inspected establishments, Meat and poultry producers, Meat producers making premium claims
ARS breeding programs, ARS research sites, Agricultural Research Service
Positive-direction: ARS breeding programs, ARS research sites, Agricultural Research Service, Agricultural Research Service offices, State and Tribal governments, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Negative-direction: Federal programs, USDA agencies and staff
Graduate students in climate/agriculture, Land-grant universities and agricultural research institutions, Local educational agencies
Agricultural climate researchers, Ecological pest management researchers, Public breeding researchers
Food manufacturers
Food manufacturers faces effects in multiple directions
Agroforestry practitioners, Agroforestry researchers
Agrivoltaic system developers, Renewable energy equipment suppliers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "the_corporation"
- → Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "the_liaison"
- → Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison of the Department of Agriculture
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "administering_secretaries"
- → Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Health and Human Services
Note: 'The Secretary' generally means Secretary of Agriculture throughout the bill, but in Title VII Section 701-705 it means both the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Health and Human Services acting in coordination (referred to as 'administering Secretaries')
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The Secretary of Agriculture (unless otherwise specified in specific titles/sections)
An activity to produce compost from organic waste generated on a farm or brought from a nearby community, and the use and active management of compost on a farm to improve water retention and soil health
A management system that intentionally integrates trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems, including riparian forest buffers, alley cropping, silvopasture, forest farming, and windbreaks
A cultivar that is the commercially available end product of a publicly funded breeding program with intellectual property rights limited to plant patents or plant variety protection (not utility patents)
A system under which solar energy production and agricultural production (including crop, animal, or apiculture) occurs in an integrated manner on the same piece of land
A phrase on food packaging signifying the end of estimated shelf life, after which product should not be consumed (USE By)
A phrase on food packaging indicating when product quality may begin to deteriorate, but product remains wholesome (BEST If Used By)
A statement on labeling of a meat or poultry product that references the manner in which the source animal was raised (production practices, location) or the breed
A dairy or livestock production system that eliminates or reduces the quantity of manure stored in anaerobic conditions and in which animals spend all or a substantial portion of their time grazing
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