Organic Farmers Association Farm Bill Tracker (119th Congress)
With a continuing resolution to keep the government funded at current levels through September 30, 2025, legislators are introducing and reintroducing Farm Bill marker bills. Bills that OFA supported during the 118th Congress need to be reintroduced in the new Congress elected last November.
These marker bills are not intended to pass on their own, but are a vehicle to introduce ideas and build support for policies in hopes that they’ll be included in the next Farm Bill. Marker bills with more congressional support have a better chance of making it into the final version of the Farm Bill.
Use this tracker to learn more about the marker bills OFA is tracking and working on that may impact organic farming. As we make progress, we’re updating the tracker, so check back regularly for updates as Farm Bill conversations continue in D.C.
Find OFA’s supported Farm Bill marker bills from the 118th Congress here.
TAKE ACTION: Contact your Representative and Senators to support these bills below if they have not yet signed on.
OFA FARM BILL PRIORITY BILLS: These bills directly address programs specific to organic farmers and organic farming.
Domestic Organic Investment Act (DOIA)
DOIA would grow domestic organic production by directing USDA to reduce reliance on imported organic goods, and would create competitive grants for domestic organic producers and manufacturers to allow for investment in storage, processing, aggregation, and distribution capacity facilities.
Sponsors: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Collins, Susan [R-ME], Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR], Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI]
Organic Import Verification Act
This legislation would promote organic integrity and a level playing field for domestic organic producers by requiring the USDA to test high-risk bulk imports of organic feedstuffs for residues of substances that are prohibited in organic production. In addition to adequate funding for core organic programs to meet the needs of the rapidly growing organic sector.
Sponsors: Senator Ricketts (R-NE), Sen Smith (MN), Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]*
Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA)
Aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for U.S. agriculture to net-zero by 2040. Key provisions include investments in soil health and conservation programs, expanding on-farm renewable energy, increasing research, and reducing food waste.
Sponsors: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Organic Science and Research Investment (OSRI) Act
The OSRI Act will provide continued, needed investment in organic agriculture research and market analysis to increase resilience of U.S. agriculture, create economic opportunity for producers, and improve the ecological vitality of the landscape.
Sponsors: Senators Fetterman (PA) and Schiff (CA). original cosponsors: Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Cory Booker (NJ), Jeff Merkley (OR), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Tina Smith (MN), Peter Welch (VT), Alex Padilla (CA), Ron Wyden (OR), Angus King (ME)
Organic Dairy Data Collection Act
The Organic Dairy Data Collection Act will provide improved data collection to better understand and address the challenges organic dairies face by requiring the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to collect and publish cost-of-production data for organic milk, including the costs of major organic feedstuffs, domestically produced or imported, to gather and report monthly data about the amounts that organic dairy farmers are being paid for organic milk, and to publish reports on the cost of production data by state, and regional data on the quantity of organic milk production and prices.
Sponsors: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME], Rep. Wied [R-NE], Rep. Nick Langworthy [R-NY]
ODAIRY Act (2025)
The Organic Dairy Assistance, Investment, and Reporting Yields Act would improve data collection for organic dairy, require USDA to design a functional safety-net program for organic dairy farmers, and provide investments in regional organic dairy infrastructure.
Sponsors: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Working with Allies to Build a Better Food System: These bills address OFA policy priorities, and will promote a more just food system that supports small and specialty farmers
EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
Through ensuring small and underserved farmers have equitable access to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), this act will prioritize vulnerable farmers’ conservation efforts through access to federal funding, lowered federal cost-share for practices with limited environmental benefit, and greater flexibility for state distribution of funds.
Sponsors: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Honor Farmer Contracts Act
The Honor Farmer Contracts Act will unfreeze funding for contracts of the Department of Agriculture, and prohibit Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service office closures.
Sponsors: Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]*, Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19]*, Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]*, Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3], Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2], Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] , Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
This bill aims to reintroduce whole and 2% milk to school lunch programs, challenging long-standing USDA guidelines.
Sponsors: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] and Senate cosponsors, Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] and House cosponsors
Farmer to Farmer Education Act
The Farmer to Farmer Education Act would advance farmer-to-farmer conservation education networks and build capacity for new ones –particularly for historically marginalized communities.
Sponsors: Sen. Lujan (D-NM), Sen. Moran (R-KS)
Strengthening Local Processing Act
The Strengthening Local Processing Act will diversify and make the U.S. meat processing more resilient by giving local livestock and poultry producers more options will increase processing options for local livestock and poultry producers.
Sponsors: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act
The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act will prohibit certain practices related to commodity promotion (checkoff) programs and requires greater transparency by those programs.
Sponsors: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act
The Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act would align the definition of “beginning farmer” in the crop insurance programs with other USDA programs to extend crop insurance protections for beginning farmers to the first 10 years of farming.
Sponsors: Sen Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Withstanding Extreme Agricultural Threats by Harvesting Economic Resilience (WEATHER) Act
The WEATHER Act would direct the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to research the possibility of developing an index-based insurance program that creates a multi-peril index insurance product for farmers based on weather indices correlated to agricultural income losses and pays out within 30 days in the event.
Sponsors: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT],
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Save Our Small Farms Act
The Save our Small Farms Act includes improvements to the Non-Insured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), as well as the full text of the Whole Farm Revenue Program Protection Act and the Withstanding Extreme Agricultural Threats by Harvesting Economic Resilience Act.
Sponsors: Reps Hayes [D-CT-5], Larson [D-CT-1], Courtney [D-CT-2], DeLauro [D-CT-3], and Himes [D-CT-4], Sens. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Act
Would allow states to establish cooperative agreements connecting local farmers and producers with local food distribution organizations.
Sponsor: Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8]
Strengthening Local Food Security Act
Would allow states to establish cooperative agreements connecting local farmers and producers with local food distribution organizations.
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Farmers First Act
Aims to provide competitive grants to states, Indian tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations to provide stress assistance programs (i.e., professional agricultural behavioral health counseling, helplines, crisis lines. and resources) to individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and agriculture-related occupations.
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Feenstra, Craig [R-IA-4)
EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act
Would shift factors determining USDA’s food purchases from only cost to considerations of a purchase’s sustainability, effect on supply chain resilience, and support of small-scale/socially disadvantaged producers through a $25 million pilot program.
Sponsor: Rep. Adams [D-NC-12]
Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025
The Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act directs the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to develop a multi-year operating loan pilot for beginning farmers to finance initial assets and the development of production and management systems. These expenditures can include intangible business infrastructure for crop records, payroll, and regulatory compliance, investments to increase soil fertility, and more.
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Need to know if your members of congress are sponsors of these bills? Check congress.gov and keep up with bill sponsors.