Minnesota Beginning Farmer Tax Credit (SF 1414, 2017) – Provides a tax credit for rent/sale of farmland or agricultural assets (e.g., livestock and machinery) to a beginning farmer.
California Regional Economies and Equity in Agricultural Lands Act (AB 986, 2019) – Establishes a grant program for groups such as non-profits and tribes to protect agricultural lands from development and to make agricultural lands accessible to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (defined as those coming from a low-income background or farmers and ranchers of color).
New Mexico Soil Health Act (HB 204, 2019) – A comprehensive bill to advance soil health through initiatives like a soil health assessment, educational program, and grants program. The grant program has a specific provision to prioritize funding those entities that work with socially disadvantaged farmers (including young farmers).
Wisconsin Higher Education Debt Reduction (SB 472, 2019) – Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program that reimburses beginning farmers for their higher education debt.
New York Beginning Farmer Grant Fund (Amended 2019 S.5716, Originally Passed 2014) – As part of its 2014 appropriations, New York created a Beginning Farmer Fund that allots grants to beginning farmers to support purchasing of new equipment and implementing or improving practices and on-farm structures.
