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7 U.S.C. § 5925f — Farm business management
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**(a) In general** The Secretary may make competitive research and extension grants for the purpose of improving the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers by maintaining and expanding a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management.
**(b) Selection criteria** In allocating funds made available to carry out this section, the Secretary may give priority to grants that—
(1) demonstrate an ability to work directly with agricultural producers;
(2) collaborate with farm management educational programs and associations;
(3) address the farm management needs of a variety of crops and regions of the United States; and
(4) contribute data to the national farm financial management database.
**(c) Administration** Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of [section 3157 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3157&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013; and
(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary may make competitive research and extension grants for the purpose of improving the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers by maintaining and expanding a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management.
**(b) Selection criteria** In allocating funds made available to carry out this section, the Secretary may give priority to grants that—
(1) demonstrate an ability to work directly with agricultural producers;
(2) collaborate with farm management educational programs and associations;
(3) address the farm management needs of a variety of crops and regions of the United States; and
(4) contribute data to the national farm financial management database.
**(c) Administration** Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of [section 3157 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3157&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013; and
(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
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**(a) Establishment of grant program**
(1) In order to promote research in food, agriculture, and related areas, a research grants program is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture.
(2) **Short Title.—** — This section may be cited as the “Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act”.
**(b) Agriculture and food research initiative**
(1) **Establishment** — There is established in the Department of Agriculture an Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under which the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this subsection as “the Secretary”) may make competitive grants for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences (as defined under [section 3103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3103&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Priority areas** — The competitive grants program established under this subsection shall address the following areas:
(A) *Plant health and production and plant products* — Plant systems, including—
(i) plant genome structure and function;
(ii) molecular and cellular genetics and plant biotechnology;
(iii) conventional breeding, including cultivar and breed development, selection theory, applied quantitative genetics, breeding for improved food quality, breeding for improved local adaptation to biotic stress and abiotic stress, and participatory breeding;
(iv) plant-pest interactions and biocontrol systems;
(v) crop plant response to environmental stresses;
(vi) unproved nutrient qualities of plant products; and
(vii) new food and industrial uses of plant products.
(B) *Animal health and production and animal products* — Animal systems, including—
(i) aquaculture;
(
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the national welfare by improving the economic stability of agriculture through a sound system of crop insurance and providing the means for the research and experience helpful in devising and establishing such insurance.
**(b) Definitions** As used in this subchapter:
(1) **Additional coverage** — The term “additional coverage” means a plan of crop insurance coverage providing a level of coverage greater than the level available under catastrophic risk protection.
(2) **Approved insurance provider** — The term “approved insurance provider” means a private insurance provider that has been approved by the Corporation to provide insurance coverage to producers participating in the Federal crop insurance program established under this subchapter.
(3) **Beginning farmer or rancher** — The term “beginning farmer or rancher” means a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 10 crop years, as determined by the Secretary.
(4) **Board** — The term “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation established under [section 1505(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1505/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Corporation** — The term “Corporation” means the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation established under [section 1503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1503&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) **Cover crop termination** — The term “cover crop termination” means a practice that historically and under reasonable circumstances results in the terminatio
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 5925f
2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 10302, amended section gen-
erally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The
Secretary shall ensure that segregated data on the pro-
duction and marketing of organic agricultural products
is included in the ongoing baseline of data collection
regarding agricultural production and marketing.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2023 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 118–22 to be applied and ad-
ministered as if enacted on Sept. 30, 2023, see section
102(g) of Pub. L. 118–22, set out in an Extension of Agri-
cultural Programs note under section 9001 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2013 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–240 effective Sept. 30, 2012,
see section 701(j) of Pub. L. 112–240, set out in a 1-Year
Extension of Agricultural Programs note under section
8701 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L.
110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the
date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 8701 of this title.
DEFINITIONS
Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, see
section 7401(1) of Pub. L. 107–171, set out as a note under
section 3319b of this title.
§ 5925d. International organic research collabo-
ration
The Secretary, acting through the Agricul-
tural Research Service (including the National
Agricultural Library) and the Economic Re-
search Service, shall facilitate access by re-
search and extension professionals, farmers, and
other interested persons in the United States to,
and the use by those persons of, organic research
conducted outside the United States.
(Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7408, May 1
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