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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 4316 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the reform and continuation of the beginning farmer and rancher program, and for other purposes. · Sec. 403

Sec. 403. Farmland tenure

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The Secretary shall collect and report data and analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, and entry of beginning farmers. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall, at a minimum— collect and distribute comprehensive annual reporting of trends in farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability and viability of beginning farmers; develop surveys and report statistical and economic analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability and viability of beginning farmers, including a regular follow-on survey to each Census of Agriculture; and authorize the National Agricultural Statistics Service to create and administer a follow-on survey to the Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land survey to— investigate the extent to which non-farming landowners are purchasing and holding onto farmland for the sole purpose of real estate investment; and the impact of these farmland ownership trends on the successful entry and viability of beginning farmers.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.
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