Pass a farm bill that puts family farms ahead of corporate farms.

I look forward to passing a farm bill that puts family farms ahead of corporate farms.

Thune commits to passing a farm bill favoring family farms over corporate farms.

Serving the People of South Dakota - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
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The 2002 farm bill enacted payment limits, adjusted-gross-income limits, and beginning farmer and rancher programs, alongside the main commodity and conservation titles.

Congress passed a farm bill during Thune's House tenure that included anti-consolidation features and support for beginning farmers, which is consistent with a partial fulfillment of the family-farm pledge, though it still preserved large commodity subsidies.

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Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
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Division E extends the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 authorities until the later of September 30, 2026 or the underlying statutory expiration dates.

The current farm-bill framework was extended rather than replaced, so as of the lookback window there was still no new enacted farm bill.

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Public Law 119-37, Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
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The article says the House's new farm-bill proposal was still awaiting Senate action, with the outcome depending on the Senate's upcoming version.

In the last 30 days, farm-bill movement remained in Congress and had not reached final passage, which points to the pledge remaining unresolved in current terms.

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Bananas could vanish from US school meals. Here's why
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The House Agriculture Committee's farm-bill page says the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 expands access to credit, supports beginning farmers and ranchers, reauthorizes loan set-asides and the Heirs' Property Relending Program, and lowers energy costs in rural America.

Official House materials show concrete family-farm oriented provisions, but the measure is still at the House-drafting stage rather than enacted law.

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Farm Bill | House Committee On Agriculture Republicans
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The committee's beginning-farmers one-pager says the bill expands opportunities for young, beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers; reduces credit experience requirements; reauthorizes heirs' property relending; and keeps mandatory funding for beginning-farmer outreach.

This is direct official evidence that the House bill contains pro-family-farm provisions and serious legislative effort, though it does not by itself complete the promise.

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Beginning Farmers One-Pager
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The Guardian reports that the House-passed Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 was awaiting Senate action, that a Senate version was expected later in June, and that the current extension still runs until September 30, 2026.

Within the lookback window, the bill was still unfinished in the Senate, so the pledge remained unresolved at the federal level.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Bananas could vanish from US school meals. Here’s why
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