Rollins Announces New Small Family Farms Policy

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins released a set of policy proposals under her newly launched Make Agriculture Great Again Initiative.  Her initial proposals are a comprehensive set of policy solutions aimed at improving the variability and longevity of smaller-scale family farms for generations to come.

About 86% of all U.S. farms are small family farms.

To ensure small family farms can start and stay in business, the USDA has outlined a toolkit of actions like streamlining application processes:

• Ensure Simple Streamlined and Transparent Tools and Applications
• Ensure Reliable Access to Credit
• Ensure Working Farmland is Used to Farm
• Ensure Small Farms Can Be Passed On to the Next Generation for Generations to Come
• Hyperfocus USDA Programs for Farmers on Farmers
• Labor Reform
• Enhance Access to Risk Management and Business Planning Tools
• Ensure Definitions of Farm Size Reflect Modern Day Realities
• Enhance Farmer Access to Educational Resources
• Other Small Farm Resources Available

USDA also wants to ensure the farm size definitions reflect modern-day realities.  Click Here to learn more about the Secretary's proposal.

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