Regenerative Agriculture Policy

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-03-16 — Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026: 2026 — Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026 (HR7947, introduced) would broaden AMA-eligible uses to include climate-related conservation practices, adding another program pathway aligned with regenerative and resilience-oriented farming. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-02-10 — Soil CARE Act of 2026: 2026 — Soil CARE Act of 2026 (introduced) would statutorily direct USDA to establish a recurring regional training program with a mandated soil health management systems curriculum and biennial updates for NRCS personnel and third-party technical service providers, building workforce capacity to support producers adopting regenerative practices. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2025-12-02 — PRECISE Act: 2025 — PRECISE Act (HR6143, introduced) would expand USDA conservation and rural loan programs to cover precision agriculture technologies that reduce inputs and improve environmental outcomes, overlapping with regenerative and resilience-oriented policy goals through a technology-adoption pathway rather than practice-based standards. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-04-09 — Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025: 2025 — Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act (HR2758, introduced) would expand CREP-eligible practices to include dryland agriculture and grazing and revise payment structures for drought/water conservation agreements, aligning conservation payments more closely with regenerative and resilience-oriented land uses. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2025-03-28 — SOLAR Act: 2026 — SOLAR Act (introduced) would restrict USDA financial assistance for solar projects that convert prime, unique, or locally important farmland, complementing farm resilience and soil-health goals by discouraging conversion of productive agricultural land to energy infrastructure. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-18 — American Food Supply Chain Resiliency Act: 2026 — American Food Supply Chain Resiliency Act (S4842) introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; framed around farm resilience but no substantive text or mechanisms yet disclosed. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-15 — A bill to support nutrition, farmers, the seafood industry, agricultural research, wood energy and innovation, and indigenous self-determination, and for other purposes.: 2026 — S4779 omnibus bill referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee bundles support for farmers, agricultural research, and wood energy innovation alongside nutrition and indigenous self-determination provisions; no regenerative-specific mechanisms disclosed at introduction. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-03-20 — ACE Agriculture Act: 2026 — ACE Agriculture Act: Would reauthorize AGARDA through FY2032 and expand its mandate to cover water conservation and greenhouse gas resilience, channeling advanced agricultural research toward sustainability goals adjacent to regenerative practices. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-03-20 — Soil CARE Act of 2026: 2026 — Soil CARE Act of 2026 (citation removed): Legislative proposal would direct USDA to establish a biennial soil health management training program for NRCS personnel and third-party technical service providers, expanding the workforce capacity to assist producers adopting regenerative soil practices. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-30 — Advancing Regenerative Agriculture and Strengthening American Farm Resilience: Presidential executive order directs federal agencies to advance regenerative agriculture practices and strengthen American farm resilience, signaling a new coordinated policy direction though implementation details and program specifics remain to be defined. (novelty: 3)

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