Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 101. Extension of conservation reserve program. 
Sec. 102. Contracts. 
Subtitle B—Farmland Protection Program 
Sec. 111. Farmland protection program. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 121. Establishment and administration of environmental quality incentives 
program. 
Sec. 122. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Subtitle D—Funding and Administration 
Sec. 131. Funding of conservation programs under Food Security Act of 1985. 
Sec. 132. Assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access. 
Sec. 133. Comprehensive conservation planning. 
TITLE II—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
Sec. 201. Direct farm ownership experience requirement. 
Sec. 202. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 203. Indexing of direct farm ownership loans. 
Sec. 204. Joint financing arrangement. 
Sec. 205. Loan terms for down payment loan program. 
Sec. 206. Limited resource loan rate. 
Sec. 207. Definition of qualified beginning farmer or rancher. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
Sec. 211. Young beginning farmer or rancher microloans. 
Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions 
Sec. 221. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot 
program. 
Sec. 222. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit. 
Sec. 223. Direct loans for beginning farmers and ranchers. 
TITLE III—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 301. Value-added producer grants. 
TITLE IV—RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
Sec. 401. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 402. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. 
TITLE V—CROP INSURANCE 
Sec. 501. Risk management partnership programs. 
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TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 601. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. 
Sec. 602. Budgetary effects. 
Sec. 603. Effective date. 
TITLE I—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve 
Program 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1231(a) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(b) LAND ELIGIBLE
FOR ENROLLMENT
IN CON-
SERVATION
RESERVE.—Section 1231(b)(1)(B) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)(1)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘Beginning Farmer and 
Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013’’. 
(c) MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT OF ACREAGE IN CON-
SERVATION RESERVE.—Section 1231(d) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘2010, 
2011, and 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 
2018’’. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM FOR ENROLLMENT OF WET-
LAND
AND BUFFER ACREAGE
IN CONSERVATION RE-
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SERVE.—Section 1231B of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3831b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘2002 
through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2012’’. 
SEC. 102. CONTRACTS. 
Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3835) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking clause 
(iii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(iii) to facilitate a transition of land 
subject to the contract from a retired or 
retiring owner or operator to a beginning 
farmer or rancher, socially disadvantaged 
farmer or rancher, or limited resource 
farmer or rancher who is or will be actively 
engaged in farming or ranching with re-
spect to the land transferred under this 
subsection for the purpose of returning 
some or all of the land into production 
using sustainable grazing or crop produc-
tion methods that meet or exceed the re-
source management system quality criteria 
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for erosion, soil quality, water quality, and 
fish and wildlife; or’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘or socially disadvantaged 
farmer or rancher’’ and inserting ‘‘socially dis-
advantaged farmer or rancher, or limited re-
source farmer or rancher who is or will be ac-
tively engaged in farming or ranching with re-
spect to the land transferred under this sub-
section’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (C), (D), 
and (E) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) require the covered farmer or rancher 
to develop and implement a comprehensive con-
servation plan that addresses all resource con-
cerns and meets such sustainability criteria as 
the Secretary may establish; 
‘‘(D) provide to the covered farmer or 
rancher an opportunity to enroll in the con-
servation stewardship program or the environ-
mental quality incentives program at any time 
beginning on the date that is 1 year before the 
date of termination of the contract, including 
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technical and financial assistance in the devel-
opment of a comprehensive conservation plan; 
‘‘(E) if the land transferred under this 
subsection remains in grass cover, provide to 
the covered farmer or rancher an opportunity to 
enroll in a long-term or permanent easement 
under the grassland reserve program or farm-
land protection program at any time beginning 
on the date that is 1 year before the date of 
termination of the contact; and 
‘‘(F) continue to make annual payments to 
the retired or retiring owner or operator for not 
more than an additional 2 years after the date 
of termination of the contract, except that, in 
the case of a retired or retiring owner or oper-
ator who is a family member (as defined in sec-
tion 1001) of the covered farmer or rancher, 
the additional payments shall be made only if 
title to the land is sold or transferred to the 
covered farmer or rancher on termination of the 
contract.’’. 
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Subtitle B—Farmland Protection 
Program 
SEC. 111. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
Section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3838i) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘to promote 
farm viability for future generations’’ before the pe-
riod at the end; and 
(2) in subsection (g)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) provide a funding priority, to the 
maximum extent practicable, for— 
‘‘(i) eligible land for which there exists 
a farm or ranch succession plan or similar 
plan established to create opportunities for 
beginning farmers and ranchers and en-
courage farm viability for future genera-
tions; 
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‘‘(ii) easements that exercise an op-
tion to purchase at a price that is equal to 
the agricultural use value; 
‘‘(iii) qualified beginning farmers or 
ranchers with contracts to purchase the 
land to be protected; 
‘‘(iv) land owned by a nongovern-
mental organization that will be sold to a 
qualified beginning farmer or rancher; 
‘‘(v) contemporaneous farm transfers 
of eligible land to qualified beginning farm-
ers and ranchers that may not occur with-
out the financial assistance of the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(vi) other similar mechanisms to 
maintain the affordability of farm and 
ranch land for successive generations of 
farmers and ranchers; and’’. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality 
Incentives Program 
SEC. 121. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF ENVI-
RONMENTAL 
QUALITY 
INCENTIVES 
PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘30 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 122. CONSERVATION INNOVATION GRANTS AND PAY-
MENTS. 
Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–8) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) provide environmental and resource 
conservation benefits through increased partici-
pation by beginning farmers and ranchers and 
socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
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Subtitle D—Funding and 
Administration 
SEC. 131. FUNDING OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS UNDER 
FOOD SECURITY ACT OF 1985. 
Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘and through fiscal year 2018 in the case 
of the program described in paragraph (1)(B)’’ after 
‘‘(7)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018 to carry out section 
1235(f) to facilitate the transfer of land subject 
to contracts from retired or retiring owners and 
operators to beginning farmers or ranchers, so-
cially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, or 
limited resource farmers or ranchers.’’. 
SEC. 132. ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN FARMERS OR RANCH-
ERS FOR CONSERVATION ACCESS. 
Section 1241(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(but not 
earlier than 120 days after the date that funding for 
the fiscal year is allocated to the States)’’ after 
‘‘Secretary’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(but not 
earlier than 120 days after the date that acres for 
the fiscal year are allocated to the States)’’ after 
‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PARTICIPATION BY BEGINNING AND SO-
CIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FARMERS
AND
RANCH-
ERS.—Nothing in this subsection prohibits beginning 
or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers from 
participating in programs and receiving funding 
available under this title that is not reserved under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Within the 
funds reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall allocate to the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service funding for technical assistance at a rate 
that is not more than 10 percent higher than the 
rate that would otherwise apply to allow the Service 
to provide additional technical assistance to begin-
ning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged 
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farmers or ranchers to establish conservation 
plans.’’. 
SEC. 133. COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLANNING. 
Section 1244(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3844(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIVE
CONSERVATION
PLAN-
NING.—In carrying out this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall provide technical and financial assist-
ance using resources available under the environ-
mental quality incentives program, conservation 
stewardship program, or such other programs as the 
Secretary may determine to covered persons who re-
quest the assistance to develop a comprehensive con-
servation plan for the farming or ranching operation 
of the covered person that addresses all resource 
concerns and meets such sustainability criteria as 
the Secretary may establish.’’. 
TITLE II—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
SEC. 201. DIRECT FARM OWNERSHIP EXPERIENCE RE-
QUIREMENT. 
Section 302(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(b)(1)) is amended 
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘or 
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has other acceptable experience for a period of time, as 
determined by the Secretary,’’ after ‘‘3 years’’. 
SEC. 202. CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 304 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1924) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall meet’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall— 
‘‘(A) meet’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-
ignated), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) be the owner or operator of not larg-
er than a family farm.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The portion’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the portion’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) BEGINNING
AND
SOCIALLY
DISADVAN-
TAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS.—In the case of 
beginning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvan-
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and ranchers until April 1 of the fiscal year not 
less than 50 percent of the amount.’’. 
SEC. 203. INDEXING OF DIRECT FARM OWNERSHIP LOANS. 
Section 305(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1925(a)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(increased, beginning with fiscal year 2014, by 
the inflation percentage, as determined by the Secretary, 
applicable to the fiscal year in which the loan is made)’’ 
after ‘‘$300,000’’. 
SEC. 204. JOINT FINANCING ARRANGEMENT. 
Section 307(a)(3)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1927(a)(3)(D)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘1.5’’. 
SEC. 205. LOAN TERMS FOR DOWN PAYMENT LOAN PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 310E(b)(1)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1935(b)(1)(C)) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$500,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$667,000’’. 
SEC. 206. LIMITED RESOURCE LOAN RATE. 
Section 316(a)(2)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1946(a)(2)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘1.5’’. 
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SEC. 207. DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED BEGINNING FARMER 
OR RANCHER. 
Section 343(a)(11)(F) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)(F)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘median’’ and inserting ‘‘average’’. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
SEC. 211. YOUNG BEGINNING FARMER OR RANCHER 
MICROLOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 311 of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1941) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) MICROLOANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary may establish a program to make or 
guarantee microloans. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not 
make or guarantee a microloan under this sub-
section that— 
‘‘(A) exceeds $35,000; or 
‘‘(B) would cause the total principal in-
debtedness 
outstanding 
at 
any 
time 
for 
microloans under this subsection to any 1 bor-
rower to exceed $70,000. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall limit the administra-
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tive burdens and streamline the application and ap-
proval process for microloans under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE LENDING PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary may enter into a con-
tract with one or more community-based and 
nongovernmental organizations, State entities, 
or other intermediaries, as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate— 
‘‘(i) to make or guarantee a microloan 
under this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide business, financial, 
marketing, and credit management services 
to borrowers. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Before entering 
into a contract with an entity described in sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) shall review and approve— 
‘‘(I) the loan loss reserve fund 
for microloans established by the enti-
ty; and 
‘‘(II) the underwriting standards 
for microloans of the entity; and 
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‘‘(ii) establish such other requirements 
for contracting with the entity as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary. 
‘‘(C) REVOLVING FUND.—Under such con-
ditions as the Secretary may require, an entity 
described in subparagraph (A) that enters into 
a contract with the Secretary under this para-
graph may elect to convert the loan loss reserve 
fund for microloans established by the entity 
into a revolving loan fund to carry out the pur-
poses of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS
FOR
DIRECT
LOANS.—Section 
311(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(c)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘direct operating loan’ shall not include— 
‘‘(A) a loan made to a youth under sub-
section (b); or 
‘‘(B) a microloan made to a young begin-
ning farmer or rancher or a military veteran 
farmer or rancher, as defined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(c) PURPOSES OF LOANS.—Section 312(a) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
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1942(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(including a microloan, as defined by the 
Secretary)’’ after ‘‘A direct loan’’. 
(d) DETERMINATION OF INTEREST RATES.—Section 
316(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1946(a)(2)) is amended in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘a microloan to 
a beginning farmer or rancher or military veteran farmer 
or rancher or’’ after ‘‘The interest rate on’’. 
Subtitle C—Administrative 
Provisions 
SEC. 221. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER INDIVIDUAL 
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 333B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983b) is amended by striking 
subsection (h) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—On October 1, 2013, and on each 
October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2017, of the 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 
shall use to carry out this section $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.’’. 
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SEC. 222. TRANSITION TO PRIVATE COMMERCIAL OR 
OTHER SOURCES OF CREDIT. 
(a) CONDITIONS
FOR
DIRECT
LOANS.—Section 
311(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) TERM LIMITS.—Subject to paragraph (4), 
if a farmer or rancher has received a direct oper-
ating loan pursuant to this section in each of 9 con-
secutive years, the farmer or rancher may not re-
ceive a direct operating loan from the Secretary 
under this section for the next year. 
‘‘(4) WAIVERS FOR FARM AND RANCH OPER-
ATIONS
ON
TRIBAL
LAND.—The Secretary shall 
waive the limitation under paragraph (3) for a direct 
loan made under this subtitle to a farmer or rancher 
whose farm or ranch land is subject to the jurisdic-
tion of an Indian tribe and whose loan is secured by 
one or more security instruments that are subject to 
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the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe if the Secretary 
determines that commercial credit is not generally 
available for the farm or ranch operations.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PERIOD BORROWERS ARE ELIGI-
BLE FOR GUARANTEED ASSISTANCE.—Section 319 of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1949) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PERIOD BORROWERS ARE ELI-
GIBLE FOR GUARANTEED ASSISTANCE.—If a borrower 
has received a guaranteed loan under this subtitle in each 
of 15 consecutive years, the borrower may not receive a 
loan guaranteed by the Secretary for the next year.’’. 
SEC. 223. DIRECT LOANS FOR BEGINNING FARMERS AND 
RANCHERS. 
Section 346(b)(2)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(III) PRIORITY.—In order to 
maximize the number of borrowers 
served under this clause, the Sec-
retary— 
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‘‘(aa) shall give priority to 
borrowers who apply under the 
down 
payment 
loan 
program 
under section 310E or joint fi-
nancing arrangements under sec-
tion 307(a)(3)(D); and 
‘‘(bb) may offer other fi-
nancing options only if the Sec-
retary determines that down pay-
ment or other participation loan 
options are not a viable approach 
for a particular borrower.’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2008 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 
TITLE III—RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 301. VALUE-ADDED PRODUCER GRANTS. 
Section 231(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(A) in the case of grants awarded under 
paragraph (1)(A), give priority to— 
‘‘(i) operators of small- and medium- 
sized farms and ranches that are struc-
tured as family farms; or 
‘‘(ii) beginning farmers or ranchers or 
socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of grants awarded under 
paragraph (1)(B), give priority to projects that, 
as determined through peer review, best con-
tribute— 
‘‘(i) to increasing opportunities for op-
erators of small- and medium-sized farms 
and ranches that are structured as family 
farms; or 
‘‘(ii) to creating opportunities for be-
ginning farmers and ranchers or socially 
disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (8); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) OUTREACH
AND
TECHNICAL
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary shall develop and implement 
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an outreach and technical assistance strategy to as-
sist recipients of a grant under this subsection reach 
and serve underserved States and communities (as 
determined by the Secretary).’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2012, and each Octo-
ber 1 thereafter through October 1, 2017’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$20,000,000’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY FUNDING.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance 
with clause (ii), the Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, reserve not 
less than 2⁄3 of the amounts made available 
for each fiscal year under this paragraph 
to award grants with respect to which pri-
ority is given under paragraph (6). 
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‘‘(ii) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—Of 
the 
amounts reserved under clause (i) for 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reserve a total of 10 percent to award 
grants to recipients described in sub-
paragraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of 
paragraph (6). 
‘‘(II) 
MID-TIER
VALUE 
CHAINS.—Of the total amount of 
funds made available for each fiscal 
year under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall reserve 10 percent to fund 
applications of eligible recipients de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that propose 
to develop mid-tier value chains. 
‘‘(III) 
UNOBLIGATED 
AMOUNTS.—Any amounts reserved for 
a fiscal year under subclause (I) or 
(II) that are not obligated by the date 
on which the Secretary completes the 
review process for applications sub-
mitted under this section in that fiscal 
year shall be available to the Sec-
retary to make grants under this sub-
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section to eligible recipients in any 
State, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
TITLE IV—RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
SEC. 401. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM. 
Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara-
graphs (A) through (R) and inserting the fol-
lowing; 
‘‘(A) basic livestock, forest management, 
and crop farming practices; 
‘‘(B) innovative farm, ranch, and private 
nonindustrial forest land transfer strategies; 
‘‘(C) entrepreneurship and business train-
ing; 
‘‘(D) financial and risk management train-
ing (including the acquisition and management 
of agricultural credit); 
‘‘(E) natural resource management and 
conservation planning; 
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