The One Big Beautiful Bill’s USDA Conservation Spending Shuffle

Ming Wang and Matthew Gammans

No 391343, ARPC Brief from North Dakota State University

Abstract: Under reconciliation, the House-passed OBBB restructures USDA conservation funding by shifting part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) one-time investment into the Farm Bill baseline. While this increases long-term funding stability, CBO projects a net $1.8 billion decline in conservation outlays over FY2025–FY2034, driven by rescinded IRA funds. EQIP faces short-term reductions, with permanent Farm Bill funding only partially offsetting losses. The shift away from climate-targeted IRA priorities also alters the geographic distribution of funding, disproportionately affecting counties and states that relied heavily on IRA-funded EQIP support.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Risk and Uncertainty; Supply Chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-07-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.391343

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