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             FFPP PRIORITIES                          House Farm Bill (H.R. 2419)                          Senate Farm Bill
                                                                                                  (from draft titles released 10/23/07)
I. Renewing American Agriculture
Farm Bill titles: Commodity, Credit,       Overview: No structural change to                  Overview: Extends Commodity programs;
Rural Development, Research,               Commodity programs or competition-related          introduces new, optional Average Crop
Horticulture*, Livestock**, Miscellaneous laws; increased support for new farmers,            Revenue (ACR) program; includes
                                           farmers markets, value-added, organic              Specialty Crop provisions
Beginning Farmer and Rancher              · $15 million a year mandatory (authorized but     · Authorized with discretionary funding
Development Program                         not funded in last Farm Bill)                    · Language includes a 25% set aside for
                                          · Language includes a 25% set aside for              SDFRs
                                            SDFRs
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Credit · Conservation Loan priority for BFR, SDFR,              · Conservation Loan priority for BFR, SDFR,
Provisions                                  and organic, but also eliminates direct loans)     and organic
                                          · Down Payment Loan Program and Contract           · Down Payment Loan Program and
                                            Land Sales Program improved and                    Contract Land Sales Program improved
                                            expanded                                           and expanded
                                          · No increase in loan authorization levels         · Loan authorization levels increased
                                          · No Individual Development Account pilot          · Individual Development Account pilot
                                            program                                            program authorized at $5 million annually
Farmers Market Promotion Program /        · Mandatory funding at $35 million over five       · Mandatory funding at $30 million over five
EBT                                         years, with $5m annually FY08-010 and              years ($5m annually in fy08-FY11,
                                            $10m annually FY11-12; not less than 10%           $10million in FY12)
                                            for EBT.                                         · EBT addressed in Nutrition title with $5
                                          · Renamed "FMAP" (Farmer Marketing                   million available one-time for grants to
                                            Assistance Program)                                states or NGO-government partnerships to
                                                                                               train markets to accept EBT
Organic Conversion                            $50M for organic transition until expended     · Included as part of EQIP, capped at
                                              discretionary; allows farmers $10,000 per        $80,000 per farmer
                                              year for up to 3 years
Value Added Producer Grant Program            $30 million annual mandatory; focus on small · Discretionary funding
                                              and medium-sized farms; 10% set aside for · Language nearly same as House, except
                                              value chain networks; 10% set aside for        more focus on local food systems and less
                                              beginning and minority farmers                 on value chain development
*Only in House Farm Bill                                                            Abbreviations:
**Only in Senate Farm Bill                                                          BFR ­ Beginning Farmer or Rancher
[ ] ­ Bracketed items either are not confirmed or are still in flux                 SDFR ­ Socially Disadvantaged Farmer or Rancher
                                                                                    ITO ­ Indian Tribal Organization
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 Improve enforceability of competitive        Minor changes on arbitration rules              · Entire Livestock title, includes a Special
 markets                                                                                        Counsel on Ag. Competition; stronger
                                                                                                Packer/Stockyard enforcement including
                                                                                                definition of "livestock ownership"; does
                                                                                                not require mandatory arbitration
Interstate shipment of state inspected        Allows meat certified by state inspections       Allows small (