Federal · Title 7 — Agriculture

7 U.S.C. § 2204i: Reports on land access and farmland ownership data collection

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the barriers that prevent or hinder the ability of beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2279(a) of this title ) and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in such section) to acquire or access farmland; farmland access and tenure for beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; and farmland transition and succession; and the ability of beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to acquire or access farmland; farmland tenure for beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; and farmland transition and succession. collect and distribute comprehensive reporting of trends in farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability, and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; develop surveys and report statistical and economic analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability, and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers, including a regular follow-on survey to each Census of Agriculture with results of the follow-on survey made public not later than 3 years after the previous Census of Agriculture; and the extent to which non-farming landowners are purchasing and holding onto farmland for the sole purpose of real estate investment; the impact of these farmland ownership trends on the successful entry and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; the extent to which farm and ranch land with undivided interests and no administrative authority identified have farms or ranches operating on that land; and race, gender, and ethnicity; and region. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each fiscal 1 years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended. 1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “of”.

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