S. 2282 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jul 15, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryExtends farm stress counseling through 2030
This bill keeps funding a Department of Agriculture program called the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network through the year 2030. The program gives grants to states, tribes, and nonprofits so they can offer counseling, helplines, and other resources to people in farming and ranching. The bill also lets the grants pay for crisis lines and allows grant recipients to connect people with local behavioral health clinics and hospitals.
How it affects you
If you're a farmer or rancher dealing with stress, you'd have continued access to counseling and crisis helplines in your state through 2030. If you work for a state agriculture program or nonprofit providing these services, the extended funding means the program stays in place to support your work.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jul 15, 2025)
Farmers First Act of 2025
This bill extends through FY2030 and revises the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN). This Department of Agriculture program provides competitive grants to states, Indian tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations to provide stress assistance programs (i.e., professional agricultural behavioral health counseling, helplines, and resources) to individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and agriculture-related occupations.
The bill specifies that the grant funding for farm telephone helplines and websites may also be used for crisis lines.
Further, FRSAN grant recipients may establish referral relationships with providers, including Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, health centers, rural health clinics, and critical access hospitals.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 2282
A BILL
Farmers First Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · Introduced Jul 15, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jul 15, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”