S. 4088 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Mar 12, 2026
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryExpands farm assistance for crop risk management
The Agricultural Management Assistance programs help farmers manage financial risk in 16 states where fewer farmers use federal crop insurance. This bill expands what farmers can use assistance funds for—adding soil health improvements, sustainable water sources, composting, and climate-related conservation practices. It also allows the money to help with food safety certification and increases the total amount individual farmers can receive.
How it affects you
If you're a farmer in one of the 16 designated states, you'd have access to more types of assistance and could receive up to $200,000 over five years instead of the current $50,000 per year to help protect your farm from financial losses. Federal crop insurance providers would also become eligible for assistance under this program.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Mar 12, 2026)
Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026
This bill expands and revises the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) programs, which help agricultural producers manage financial risk through diversification, marketing, or natural resource conservation practices. (AMA is available in 16 designated states where participation in the Federal Crop Insurance Program is historically low.)
Specifically, the bill expands the eligible uses for financial assistance funds for producers to include
• soil health improvements,
• the development of sustainable water sources and irrigation,
• composting, and
• other conservation practices determined to reduce the risk to a farm of financial loss due to the regional impacts of climate change.
The bill also specifies that funds provided to mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification may be used for food safety certification.
The bill provides additional funding for the program and changes the payment limitation for farmers to $200,000 over five years (currently $50,000 per year).
The bill also expands those eligible for assistance under AMA programs to include federal crop insurance providers, in particular providers of Whole-Farm Revenue Protection plans.
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.
2nd SessionS. 4088
A BILL
Agricultural Management Assistance Act of 2026
Sponsor: Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-CT) · Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 12, 2026: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”