Legislation aims to ease path to land access for young growers

Bipartisan legislation introduced April 1 in the U.S. House and Senate aims to help young farmers and ranchers access farmland and would establish a pilot program with the USDA’s Farm Service Agency.
The New Producer Economic Security Act, if included in the farm bill and funded through the appropriations process, would provide:Financial solutions to low credit access, such as revolving funds with low- to no-interest loans and forgivable loans;
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