Budzinski, Nunn, Courtney and Smith Introduce Bill to Improve Young Farmers’ Access to Land

Young Farmers Pack Out Annual Conference - Alabama Farmers Federation

By Marlee Jackson Alabama Young Farmers are energetic, enthusiastic and excited. Just ask the 450-plus who attended the 2025 Young Farmers Conference — the highest turnout since 2001. Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell hailed the State Young Farmers Committee for organizing the impressive, educational, fellowship-filled conference in Muscle Shoals Feb. 14-15. “There’s nothing more important to me than growing this Young Farmers p…

Budzinski, Nunn, Courtney and Smith Introduce Bill to Improve Young Farmers’ Access to Land

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13), CongressmanZach Nunn (R-IA-03), Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the New Producer Economic Security Act — bipartisan legislation to help bring the next generation into family farming.      This bill would establish a pilot program within the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to address the most pressing challenge for new and beginning farmers: acc…