“To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the Commission on Farm Transitions-Needs for 2050, and for other purposes.”
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This section directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050 not later than 60 days after enactment (previously automatically established upon enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) and revises the commission's duties to require both a study on and recommendations relating to farm ownership and transition barriers. Specifically, it (1) requires the study to address apprenticeships, mentoring programs, business training, and technical assistance programs (replacing prior coverage of a different topic); (2) expands analysis of policies to include existing and new State and Federal policies (previously Federal tax policies only) and those that facilitate or impede farm transitions; and (3) adds topics including heirs’ property and succession of agricultural land, unique barriers for historically underserved and women farmers and ranchers in transferring, inheriting, or purchasing agricultural assets, and leasing and ownership trends (including by foreign persons or entities). (As background, the commission examines intergenerational farm transfers amid an aging farmer population and barriers for beginning, underserved, and women farmers and ranchers.) The section also extends the commission's report deadline to two years after enactment of the Farm Transitions Act of 2025 (from one year after enactment of the 2018 act) and its termination date to 2029 (from 2023).