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New legislation introduced to help young farmers
Dec 4, 2017, 14:28 PM
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Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US House to help young farmers and veterans to purchase land and begin farming.
The Farmers of Tomorrow Act, sponsored by Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and Pennsylvania Congressman Glenn Thompson, would allow new, beginning, or veteran farmers to count a variety of qualifications toward the current three-year experience requirement to make it easier to access funding from the USDA. The proposed legislation updates experience requirements that do not take into account the different paths that could prepare future farmers to run their operations.
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