New York S 6381: Requires the establishment of a plant-based agriculture grant program

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S06381 Summary:

BILL NOS06381 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01639

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §16-c, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires the establishment of a plant-based agriculture grant program to assist small and medium-sized farms transition to plant-based agriculture.

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BILL NOS06381 

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03/12/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6381

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
 ing the establishment of a plant-based agriculture grant program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 16-c to read as follows:
 3 § 16-c. Plant-based agriculture grant program. 1. For purposes of this
 4 section, the following definitions apply:
 5 (a) "Expert assistance" means assistance from an agricultural scien-
 6 tist, climatologist, pedologist, horticulturist, hydrologist, or agro-
 7 nomist for assessment, design, planning, and best management practices
 8 of a land-use transition to plant-based agriculture.
 9 (b) "Feed crop" means a crop that is grown for livestock consumption.
 10 (c) "Livestock" means poultry, cattle, dairy cows, sheep, swine, goat,
 11 or fish.
 12 (d) "Plant-based agriculture" means any farming that uses crops for
 13 growing inputs for plant-based products and does not include livestock
 14 farming, dairy, or any crop production for livestock feed.
 15 (e) "Program" means the plant-based agriculture grant program.
 16 (f) "Technical assistance" means outreach, education, expert assist-
 17 ance, legal support for contractual barriers, project planning, project
 18 design, grant application assistance, buyer expertise and packaging
 19 assistance, project implementation, or project reporting assistance
 20 provided to a farmer to improve their successful participation in the
 21 program.
 22 (g) "Technical assistance provider" means organizations with demon-
 23 strated technical expertise in designing and implementing agricultural
 24 management practices.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03939-01-5

 S. 6381 2

 1 (h) "Small farm" means a farm with an annual gross cash farm income of
 2 less than three hundred fifty thousand dollars.
 3 (i) "Midsize farm" means a farm with an annual gross cash farm income
 4 between three hundred fifty thousand and nine hundred ninety-nine thou-
 5 sand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars.
 6 2. The department shall establish a plant-based agriculture grant
 7 program to assist small and medium-sized farms transition to plant-based
 8 agriculture. Such program shall, at a minimum:
 9 (a) Provide grants to persons farming on small to midsize farms to
 10 transition the use of the land from raising livestock or growing feed
 11 crops to plant-based agriculture.
 12 (b) Develop best practices for transitioning land used for raising
 13 livestock or growing feed crops to plant-based agriculture.
 14 (c) Provide technical assistance, in consultation with technical
 15 assistance providers, to persons farming on small to midsize farms.
 16 3. The department shall require an applicant for a grant to submit the
 17 following to the department in the application:
 18 (a) a description of any crops currently produced on the farm;
 19 (b) a description of the land that will be transitioned from raising
 20 livestock or growing feed crops to plant-based agriculture;
 21 (c) a plan that demonstrates how the applicant will transition such
 22 land to plant-based agriculture using the best practices developed by
 23 the department pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this
 24 section;
 25 (d) a description of what the farm will transit