H.R. 6385House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Farm Transitions Act of 2025

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The Farm Transitions Act of 2025 amends the 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act to reauthorize and expand the Commission on Farm Transitions‑Needs for 2050. It directs the Secretary to establish the commission quickly, broadens its study and recommendation scope to cover training programs, policy impacts, heirs’ property, barriers for underserved and women farmers, and foreign leasing trends, and pushes back reporting deadlines to give the commission more time to complete its work.

Key Provisions

Requires the USDA Secretary to set up the Commission on Farm Transitions‑Needs for 2050 within 60 days of the Act’s passage.
Expands the commission’s study to include not only a study but also recommendations on farm‑transition issues.
Adds focus on affordable, timely transitions and calls for apprenticeships, mentoring, business training, and technical assistance programs.
Broadens policy review to include both state and federal policies (including tax policies) and allows the commission to recommend actions that could facilitate or impede transitions.
Specifies new topics for the commission to examine: heirs’ property and land succession, unique barriers faced by historically underserved and women farmers and ranchers, and leasing/ownership trends, including those involving foreign persons or entities.
Extends the commission’s final report deadline from 2023 to 2029 and lengthens the reporting timeline from 1 year to 2 years after the Act’s enactment.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee

January 13, 2026

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Introduced in House

December 2, 2025

HouseIntro Referral

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4977)

December 2, 2025

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

December 3, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee

January 13, 2026

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee

January 13, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued December 3, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 6385

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 3, 2025

Mr. Davis of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the Commission on Farm Transitions-Needs for 2050, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Farm Transitions Act of 2025.

Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050

Section 12609 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 5009) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a), by striking There is established and inserting Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Farm Transitions Act of 2025, the Secretary shall establish;

(2)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in the subsection heading, by inserting and recommendations after Study;

(B)

in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , and make recommendations relating to, after study on;

(C)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in subparagraph (B), by inserting and timely after affordable; and

(ii)

by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:

(D)

apprenticeships, mentoring programs, business training, and technical assistance programs;

(D)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking existing and new Federal tax policies and inserting existing and new State and Federal policies, including tax policies; and

(ii)

in subparagraph (A), by inserting or impede after facilitate;

(E)

in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end;

(F)

in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(G)

by adding at the end the following:

(6)

heirs’ property and succession of agricultural land;

(7)

any unique barriers faced by historically underserved and women farmers and ranchers in the ability to transfer, inherit, or purchase agricultural assets, including land; and

(8)

leasing and ownership trends, including leasing and ownership trends by foreign persons or entities.

;

(3)

in subsection (f), by striking 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and inserting 2 years after the date of enactment of the Farm Transitions Act of 2025; and

(4)

in subsection (m), by striking 2023 and inserting 2029.