Sec. 201. Beginning farmer coordination
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, shall implement a program to assign to each State at least one coordinator to— promote communication between the Department of Agriculture and beginning farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 206(b)) located in such State; and increase the access of such beginning farmers or ranchers to apprenticeship programs, farm loan programs, and land available for purchase. The assignment of beginning farmer coordinators in compliance with subsection
(a)may be accomplished through the designation of current employees of the Department of Agriculture and does not require the hiring of additional employees. In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.