Why it Matters
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee will consider the Agricultural Act of 2026 on Wednesday, September 16. The Senate bill would expand losses covered under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program and codify elements of the Livestock Indemnity Program and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish program into regulations.
The hearing is being held by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, chaired by Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), with ranking member Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
Broader Context
The Senate bill builds on investments in farm programs delivered through the Working Families Tax Cuts. A previous proposal offered a one-year delay in state cost-sharing requirements and would have allowed states to use whichever of their fiscal 2026 or fiscal 2027 SNAP error rates is lower, but the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance the bill out of committee on August 6.
Multiple organizations have filed lobbying disclosures on the farm bill this year, including the National Governors Association, which reported $100,000 in second-quarter lobbying activity covering SNAP provisions and the Agricultural Act of 2026, and the National Treasury Employees Union, which reported $340,000 in second-quarter activity on a draft Senate Agricultural Act. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition reported $6,241 in second-quarter lobbying on the Agricultural Act of 2026, while the Port of Portland reported $99,410 in second-quarter activity covering both the farm bill and the anticipated Water Resources Development Act of 2026.
The Bottom Line
Sen. Boozman released the text of the Senate's Agricultural Act of 2026 on July 31, 2026, following an earlier draft released on June 23, 2026.
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