Adam Schiff Unveils 6 Specialty Crop Bills, Seeking $5 Billion in Senate Farm Bill Aid
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Updated · POLITICO · Jun 1
Adam Schiff Unveils 6 Specialty Crop Bills, Seeking $5 Billion in Senate Farm Bill Aid
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 1
Summary
Six bills from Sen. Adam Schiff would expand aid for specialty crop growers, with the California Democrat pressing to fold the package into the Senate farm bill.
One measure would provide an additional $5 billion for producers, while another would create a permanent specialty crop disaster program instead of relying on ad hoc congressional relief.
The package also would increase pest-management funding, dedicate $30 million a year to technology research and seek to improve U.S. specialty crops' competitiveness in export markets.
Schiff framed the push as addressing needs distinct from Midwest and Southern commodity crops, after specialty crops were deprioritized in the Trump administration's 2025 farmer bridge program.