Summary:
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Title I: Commodities - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE).

(Sec. 1105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for a farm's base acreage adjustment for covered commodities if: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated, (2) cropland is released from conservation reserve contract coverage, or (3) the producer has eligible oilseed acreage.

(Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to establish a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed for which a payment yield was not established.

(Sec. 1107) Provides for crop years 2014-2018 either: (1) price loss coverage if a covered commodity's effective price is less than its reference price; or (2) alternative revenue loss coverage, as a permanent one-time election, if a covered commodity's county revenue is less than the county revenue loss coverage trigger.

(Sec. 1108) Requires producers to comply with specified conservation requirements in order to receive payments under this subtitle.

(Sec. 1109) States that this subtitle shall be effective for crop years 2014-2018.

Subtitle B: Marketing Loans - (Sec. 1201) Authorizes:

 nonrecourse marketing assistance loans through crop year 2018; loan deficiency payments through crop year 2018; payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for wheat, oats, or barley acreage used for grazing through crop year 2018; programs for upland cotton and extra long staple cotton; assistance for peanuts; and recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton through crop year 2018. (Sec. 1210) Authorizes loan rate adjustments for any loan commodity (other than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality, location, and other factors.

Subtitle C: Sugar - (Sec. 1301) Provides nonrecourse loans to processors of domestically grown sugarcane and domestically grown sugar beets through crop year 2018.

Directs the Secretary to make sugarcane and sugar beet quantity estimates through crop year 2018 for: (1) human consumption, (2) carryover stocks, (3) carry-in stocks, (4) domestic processing, and (5) imports.

Subtitle D: Dairy - Part I: Dairy Producer Margin Protection and Dairy Market Stabilization Programs - (Sec. 1411) Establishes a dairy production margin protection program under which participating dairy operations are paid: (1) basic production margin protection program payments when production margins are less than threshold levels, and (2) supplemental production margin protection program payments if purchased by a participating dairy operation.

Provides for retroactive basic margin protection and retroactive supplemental margin protection.

(Sec. 1414) Makes: (1) all participating dairy producers eligible for basic margin protection, and (2) additional supplemental margin protection available on an annual basis.

(Sec. 1431) Establishes a dairy market stabilization program to assist in balancing the supply of milk with demand when participating dairy operations are experiencing low or negative operating margins.

(Sec. 1437) Makes it unlawful for any person subject to the stabilization program to willfully fail or refuse to provide, or delay the timely reporting of, accurate information and remittance of funds to the Secretary.

(Sec. 1462) Terminates the production margin protection and stabilization programs on December 31, 2018.

Part II: Repeal or Reauthorization of Other Dairy-Related Provisions - (Sec. 1481) Repeals: (1) the dairy products price support program, (2) the milk income loss contract program, and (3) the dairy export incentive program.

(Sec. 1483) Extends: (1) the dairy indemnity program, (2) the dairy forward pricing program, and (3) the dairy promotion and research program.

 Part III: Effective Date - (Sec. 1491) Makes the provisions of this subtitle effective on October 1, 2013.

Subtitle E: Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs - (Sec. 1501) Provides livestock indemnity payments through FY2018 to eligible producers on farms that have incurred excess livestock death losses due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, or (2) adverse weather.

Provides compensation through FY2018 to eligible livestock producers for grazing losses caused by drought or fire.

Provides emergency assistance through FY2018 to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to disease or adverse weather.

Provides assistance through FY2018 to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that planted trees for commercial purposes but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, and to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that have a production history for commercial purposes on planted or existing trees but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster.

Subtitle F: Administration - (Sec. 1601) Directs the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds, facilities, and authorities to carry out this title.

(Sec. 1602) Suspends permanent price support authority under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949 for covered commodities, cotton, and sugar through crop year 2018, and for milk through December 31, 2018.

Suspends certain quota provisions for the 2014-2018 wheat crops.

(Sec. 1603) Revises specified payment limitation provisions.

(Sec. 1604) Prohibits a person or legal entity from receiving specified agricultural benefits during a crop, fiscal, or program year if the average adjusted gross income of such person or entity exceeds $950,000.

(Sec. 1605) Extends specified direct reimbursement payments for geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers through FY2018.

(Sec. 1607) Directs the Secretary to preclude the issuance of agricultural payments to, and on behalf of, deceased individuals that were not eligible for payments.

(Sec. 1612) Directs the Secretary to: (1) reduce producer paperwork and other administrative requirements, and (2) maintain base acres and payment yields for covered commodities and upland cotton through September 30, 2018.

Makes $100 million available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this title.

(Sec. 1613) Provides for the protection of certain producer information.

 Title II: Conservation - Subtitle A: Conservation Reserve Program - (Sec. 2001) Extends the conservation reserve program (CRP) through FY2018.

Sets forth maximum CRP acreage enrollments for FY2014- FY2018.

Makes grasslands eligible for CRP enrollment, but limits enrollment to 2 million acres at any one time during FY2014-FY2018.

Eliminates designation of the Chesapeake Bay Region, the Great Lakes Region, and the Long Island Sound Region as watershed areas.

(Sec. 2002) Extends the farmable wetland program through FY2018. Eliminates the program's pilot program designation.

Subtitle B: Conservation Stewardship Program - (Sec. 2101) Revises, and extends through FY2018, the conservation stewardship program.

Limits aggregate payments to a person or entity to $200,000 during FY2014-FY2018.

Subtitle C: Environmental Quality Incentives Program - (Sec. 2201) Extends the environmental quality incentives program through FY2018.

Requires that 60% of FY2014-FY2018 program funds be used for livestock production practices, and that 5% of such funds be used for wildlife habitat practices.

Provides payments for wildlife habitat development.

(Sec. 2205) Applies program limitations to the period FY2014-FY2018.

Subtitle D: Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - (Sec. 2301) Establishes the agricultural conservation easement program for the conservation of eligible land and natural resources through easements or other interests in land. (Combines the purposes and coordinates the functions of the wetlands reserve program, the grassland reserve program, and the farmland protection program.)

Sets forth agricultural land and wetland easement provisions.

Makes the provisions of this subtitle effective on October 1, 2013.

Subtitle E: Regional Conservation Partnership Program - (Sec. 2401) Establishes a regional conservation partnership program to: (1) accomplish purposes similar to the agricultural water enhancement program, the Chesapeake Bay watershed program, the cooperative conservation partnership initiative, and the Great Lakes basin program; (2) further the conservation use of natural resources on a regional or watershed scale; and (3) encourage partners to cooperate with producers in meeting or avoiding the need for regulatory requirements related to production on eligible land and implementing projects that affect multiple agricultural or nonindustrial private forest operations on a local, state, or regional basis.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a partnership agreement for up to 5 years, with a one-time extension for up to 12 months.

Directs the Secretary to designate up to eight critical conservation areas

Provides program funding for FY2014-FY2018.

 Makes the provisions of this subtitle effective on October 1, 2013.

Subtitle F: Other Conservation Programs - (Sec. 2501) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for: (1) the conservation of private grazing land program, (2) the grass roots source water protection program, (3) the voluntary public access and habitat incentive program, and (4) the small watershed rehabilitation program.

Subtitle G: Funding and Administration - (Sec. 2601) Authorizes the use of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds through FY2018 for:

 the conservation reserve program, including specified amounts for transferring contract land from retiring owners and operators to beginning and disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; the agricultural conservation easement program; the conservation security program; the conservation stewardship program; and the environmental quality incentives program. Subtitle H: Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments - (Sec. 2701) Repeals:

 the conservation enhancement program, the emergency forestry conservation reserve program, the wetlands reserve program, the farmland protection program, the grassland reserve program, the agricultural water enhancement program, the wildlife habitat incentive program, the Great Lakes Basin program, the Chesapeake Bay watershed program, the cooperative conservation partnership initiative, and the environmental easement program. Title III: Trade - Subtitle A: Food for Peace Act - (Sec. 3001) Extends specified programs and authorizations of appropriations under the Food for Peace Act through FY2018.

Subtitle B: Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 - (Sec. 3101) Extends through FY2018: (1) export credit guarantee programs, (2) the market access program, and (3) the foreign market cooperator program.

Subtitle C: Other Agricultural Trade Laws - (Sec. 3201) Extends through FY2018:

 the food for progress program, the Bill Emerson humanitarian trust, the McGovern-Dole international food for education and child nutrition program, technical assistance for specialty crops, and the Global Crop Diversity Trust. (Sec. 3205) Extends funding for specialty crop technical assistance through FY2018.

(Sec. 3207) Authorizes the Secretary to establish the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services.

Title IV: Nutrition - Subtitle A: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - (Sec. 4001) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the payment of a deposit fee in excess of any state fee reimbursement to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) for the return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with SNAP benefits.

(Sec. 4002) Requires participating retail food stores to: (1) offer perishable goods in at least three staple food categories, and (2) provide adequate electronic benefit transfer (EBT) service.

Requires participating retail food stores (including restaurants participating in a state option restaurant program intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and homeless), with certain exceptions, to pay 100% of the costs of acquiring and arranging for the implementation of EBT point-of-sale equipment and supplies.

Prohibits a state from issuing manual vouchers unless the Secretary determines that such vouchers are necessary.

 Requires parties providing EBT transfer services to maintain a unique business identification and a unique terminal identification number through the SNAP routing system.

(Sec. 4003) Includes as eligible retailers governmental or nonprofit food purchasing delivery services that serve elderly or disabled individuals who are unable to shop for food.

(Sec. 4004) Reauthorizes the Indian reservation food distribution program.

(Sec. 4005) Restricts categorical SNAP eligibility to only those households receiving cash assistance through other low-income assistance programs.

(Sec. 4006) Excludes medical marijuana as an excess medical expense deduction.

(Sec. 4007) Requires a household to receive a low-income heating and energy assistance program payment of $20 or more annually in order to receive the SNAP utility allowance deduction.

(Sec. 4009) Makes any household in which a member receives substantial lottery or gambling winnings ineligible for SNAP benefits.

(Sec. 4010) States that, if a household makes excessive requests for replacement of its EBT card, the Secretary may require a state agency to decline to issue a replacement card unless the household provides an explanation for the card's loss.

Requires states in implementing this practice to protect vulnerable persons.

(Sec. 4012) Authorizes the use of SNAP benefits for shares of community-supported agriculture.

(Sec. 4013) Sets forth additional responsibilities for state agencies before restaurants may participate in a restaurant meals program.

(Sec. 4014) Requires a state agency to use an income and eligibility, or an immigration status, verification system.

(Sec. 4015) Requires a state agency to use an income and eligibility, or an immigration status, verification system.

(Sec. 4016) Requires pilot projects to improve federal-state cooperation in reducing SNAP fraud.

(Sec. 4017) Prohibits: (1) federal funds from being used to recruit SNAP recipients, and (2) recruitment activities by entities that receive SNAP funds.

(Sec. 4018) Repeals the performance bonus program.

(Sec. 4019) Reduces funding for employment and training programs.

(Sec. 4020) Directs the Secretary to monitor SNAP employment and training programs and assess their effectiveness.

(Sec. 4022) Establishes pilot projects to identify best practices for employment and training programs to increase the number of work registrants who obtain unsubsidized employment and reduce public assistance dependence.

(Sec. 4023) Authorizes SNAP appropriations through FY2018.

(Sec. 4024) Prohibits funds for Puerto Rico from being used to provide nutrition assistance in cash.

(Sec. 4025) Provides additional assistance beginning in FY2014 for community food projects and designates funding for projects that provide incentives for low-income individuals to purchase more fruits and vegetables.

(Sec. 4026) Extends commodity purchase authority through FY2018 for the emergency food assistance program.

Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for emergency food program infrastructure grants.

(Sec. 4028) Provides funding for the prevention of retailer trafficking.

(Sec. 4031) Requires: (1) a study to assess the capabilities of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to operate the SNAP program in the same manner it is operated in the states, and alternative models that best meet CNMI needs; and (2) establishment of a pilot program if the study determines that it is feasible for the CNMI to operate a SNAP program as operated in the states.

Provides: (1) FY2014-FY2015 funding for such study, and FY2016-FY2018 funding for any pilot program that may be established.

(Sec. 4023) Requires an annual state report to the Secretary regarding SNAP participant verification.

Subtitle B: Commodity Distribution Programs - (Sec. 4101) Extends through FY2018: (1) the commodity distribution program, (2) the commodity supplemental food program, and (3) the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects program.

Limits commodity supplemental food program eligibility to low-income persons 60 years or older. Permits persons under 60 years old currently being served by the program to remain in the program until they no longer meet eligibility requirements.

(Sec. 4104) Amends the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 to authorize the Secretary to retain title to commodities delivered to a processor prior to their final delivery to a state distributing agency or to a recipient agency.

Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 4201) Extends funding for the senior farmers' market nutrition program through FY2018.

(Sec. 4202) Repeals the nutrition information and awareness pilot program.

(Sec. 4204) Establishes a pilot grant program for the purchase of fresh fruit and vegetables.

(Sec. 4205) Permits each school food authority with a low annual commodity entitlement value to substitute locally and regionally grown and raised food for the authority's allotment of commodity assistance for the school lunch program.

Authorizes farm-to-school demonstration programs to source local food in lieu of commodity assistance for school meal programs.

(Sec. 4207) Establishes a healthy food financing initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, create quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to fresh food retailers to overcome higher entry costs in such areas.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title V: Credit - Subtitle A: Farm Ownership Loans - (Sec. 5001) Allows: (1) additional legal entities to qualify for farm ownership loans, and (2) other acceptable experiences to qualify for the three-year farming eligibility requirement for direct loans.

(Sec. 5002) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the conservation loan and loan guarantee program.

(Sec. 5003) Increases maximum down payment loan program amounts.

Subtitle B: Operating Loans - (Sec. 5101) Allows additional legal entities to qualify for farm operating loans.

(Sec. 5103) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the personal liability of a youth borrower if a loan default was due to circumstances beyond the borrower's control.

(Sec. 5104) Authorizes a micro loan program for direct or guaranteed loans (maximum micro loan of $35,000 with a total micro loan indebtedness of $70,000 per borrower).

Subtitle C: Emergency Loans - (Sec. 5201) Allows additional legal entities to qualify for emergency loans.

Subtitle D: Administrative Provisions - (Sec. 5301) Extends the beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program through FY2018.

Subtitle E: State Agricultural Mediation Programs - (Sec. 5401) Extends state agricultural mediation programs through FY2018.

Subtitle F: Loans to Purchasers of Highly Fractionated Land - (Sec. 5501) Amends the loan and loan guarantee program for Indian tribes and tribal corporations to purchase highly fractioned land within the reservation to permit loans to intermediaries to establish revolving loan funds for such purchases.

Title VI: Rural Development - Subtitle A: Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act - (Sec. 6001) Extends through FY2018:

 water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants; rural business opportunity grants; funding for the federal share of developing tribal college or university essential community facilities; emergency and imminent community water assistance grants; grants to nonprofit organizations for water well system servicing for low- and moderate income households; rural cooperative development grants; loans to enterprises that process, store, and market locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; the intermediary relending program to finance rural business facilities and community development projects; grants for the federal share of acquiring radio transmitters to increase rural coverage by the weather radio broadcast system of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); the rural micro enterprise assistance program; the Delta Regional Authority; the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority; and the rural business investment program. (Sec. 6005) Authorizes appropriations for the rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.

(Sec. 6007) Authorizes grants to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations for technical assistance and training for essential rural community facilities programs.

(Sec. 6014) Directs the Secretary to develop and use a coordinated strategy to serve the local needs of rural communities when making investments in rural community colleges and technical colleges.

Subtitle B: Rural Electrification Act of 1936 - (Sec. 6103) Extends through FY2018: (1) guarantee authority for rural electrification or telephone bonds and notes, (2) expansion of 911 access, and (3) loan guarantees for rural broadband telecommunications infrastructure.

(Sec. 6105) Gives highest loan priority to applicants that offer to provide broadband service to the greatest proportion of households that had no incumbent service provider.

Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 6201) Extends through FY2018: (1) the distance learning and telemedicine program, (2) value-added agricultural producer grants, and (3) the agriculture innovation center demonstration program.

Title VII: Research, Extension, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 - (Sec. 7102) Extends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board until September 30, 2018.

(Sec. 7104) Establishes a veterinary services grant program. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 7105) Extends through FY2018:

 grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education, the nutrition education program, animal health and disease research programs, grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges and at land grant colleges in insular areas, grants for Hispanic-serving institutions, grants for international agricultural science and education, assistance for extension programs, assistance for university agricultural research, assistance for supplemental and alternative crops, aquaculture assistance programs, assistance for rangeland research programs, assistance for biosecurity planning, assistance for agricultural and food policy research centers, and assistance for distance education and resident instruction at insular-area institutions of higher education. (Sec. 7107) Repeals:

 the human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program, appropriations for research on national or regional problems, the pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research, research equipment grants, and authority for national research and training virtual centers. (Sec. 7116) Establishes a grant program for training Hispanic agricultural workers and youth in the food and agricultural sciences.

(Sec. 7124) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 to carry out this subtitle.

(Sec. 7128) Requires the recipient of a competitive grant that involves applied research or extension and that is commodity- or state-specific to provide matching funds or in-kind contributions.

Subtitle B: Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 - (Sec. 7201) Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to replace the permanent authorization of appropriations with an authorization of appropriations through FY2018 for:

 research and extension projects that promote the best utilization of biological applications, integrated management and integrated crop research, the sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program, and the national training program. (Sec. 7205) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for:

 the national genetics resources program, the national agricultural weather information system, high-priority research and extension initiatives, the assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities, the National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse. (Sec. 7206) Repeals:

 the national agricultural weather information system, the agricultural genome initiative, the electronic commerce extension program, authority for the red meat safety research center, the nutrient management research and extension initiative, and the agricultural bioenergy feedstock and energy efficiency research and extension initiative. (Sec. 7211) Extends CCC and additional funding through FY2018 for the organic agriculture research and extension initiative.

(Sec. 7214) Authorizes the Secretary to prioritize for funding purposes regional centers of excellence established for specific agricultural commodities.

States that a regional center of excellence shall be composed of one or more colleges and universities that provide financial support to the regional center of excellence.

Subtitle C: Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 - (Sec. 7302) Extends through FY2018: (1) integrated management systems programs; (2) research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica; (3) grants for youth organizations; (4) the specialty crop research initiative; (5) the food animal residue avoidance database program; and (6) the Office of Pest Management Policy.

(Sec. 7303) Repeals: (1) the program to improve the viability of small and medium dairy, livestock, and poultry operations; (2) bovine Johne's (livestock) disease control program; (3) the national swine research center; and (4) authority for certain studies of agricultural research, extension, and education.

Subtitle D: Other Laws - (Sec. 7401) Extends through FY2018 programs and assistance under: (1) the Critical Agricultural Materials Act; (2) the Research Facilities Act; (3) the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978; (4) the National Aquaculture Act of 1980; and (5) the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act.

(Sec. 7402) Revises "1994 Institutions" (Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994) provisions.

(Sec. 7404) Repeals authority for certain: (1) carbon cycle research, and (2) remote sensing data use.

(Sec. 7410) Extends the beginning farmer and rancher development program through FY2018.

 Makes beginning farmers and ranchers who are veterans eligible for program set-asides.

(Sec. 7411) Extends coverage under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Subtitle E: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - (Sec. 7501) Extends through FY2018: (1) the Agricultural Biosecurity Communication Center, (2) research and development of agricultural countermeasures, (3) training for agricultural biosecurity planning and response for food science professionals and veterinarians, (4) the agricultural biosecurity grant program, and (5) assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning and response.

(Sec. 7513) Revises budget submission and funding provisions.

(Sec. 7514) Repeals: (1) the antibiotic-resistant bacteria research grant program, (2) the farm and ranch stress assistance network, (3) the seed distribution program, and (4) the rural transportation research program.

(Sec. 7517) Extends through FY2018: (1) the natural products research program, and (2) the sun grant program.

Subtitle F: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 7601) Authorizes the Secretary to negotiate concession agreements at the National Arboretum with nonprofit organizations that support the Arboretum.

(Sec. 7603) Authorizes a non-federal entity to construct, at no cost to the government, a facility for use by the Agricultural Research Service on land owned by the Agricultural Research Service and managed by the Secretary. (Directs the Secretary to accept the completed facility as a gift.)

Title VIII: Forestry - Subtitle A: Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs - (Sec. 8001) Repeals: (1) the forest land enhancement program, (2) the watershed forestry assistance program, (3) the Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land leadership program, and (4) the tribal watershed forestry assistance program.

Subtitle B: Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 Programs - (Sec. 8102) Extends the forest legacy program and the community forest and open space conservation program through FY2018.

Subtitle C: Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws - (Sec. 8201) Extends the rural revitalization technologies program and the Office of International Forestry through FY2018.

Subtitle D: National Forest Critical Area Response - (Sec. 8302) Directs the Secretary to designate critical areas within the National Forest System to address: (1) deteriorating forest health conditions due to insect infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage; and (2) the future risk of insect infestations or disease outbreaks through preventative treatments.

(Sec. 8304) Allows the use of expedited environmental, administrative, and judicial procedures to be used for such areas.

Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 8401) Directs the Secretary to revise the forest inventory strategic plan.

(Sec. 8405) Provides that if a state seeks reimbursement for resources and services provided to another state for wildfire management the Secretary may accept the reimbursement from the other state pay to the state seeking reimbursement.

Title IX: Energy - (Sec. 9002) Extends through FY2018:

 the biobased marketing program, biorefinery assistance, the bioenergy program for advanced biofuels, the biodiesel fuel education program, the repowering assistance program to reduce or eliminate biorefinery fossil fuel use, the rural energy for America program, biomass research and development, the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers, the biomass crop assistance program, and the community wood energy program. (Sec. 9012) Repeals authority for the: (1) biofuels infrastructure study, and and (2) renewable fertilizer study.

Title X: Horticulture - (Sec. 10001) Extends through FY2018:

 the specialty crop market news program, the farmers market and local food promotion program, organic production and market initiatives, food safety initiatives, and specialty crop block grants. (Sec. 10002) Repeals the specialty crop movement-to-market program.

(Sec. 10005) Sets forth investigatory and enforcement provisions under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.

(Sec. 10009) Exempts the bulk bin shipment of apples to Canada from specified Apple Export Act requirements.

(Sec. 10010) Subjects imported olive oil to U.S. grade, size, and quality controls.

(Sec. 10011) Repeals the coordinated plant management program and establishes the national clean plant network for diagnostic and pathogen elimination services to: (1) produce clean propagative plant material, and (2) maintain blocks of pathogen-tested plant material in sites throughout the United States.

Makes funding available through FY2018.

(Sec. 10012) Sets forth the conditions under which a pesticide registration may be modified, canceled, or suspended.

(Sec. 10013) Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013 - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state from requiring a permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

(Sec. 10014) States that for purposes of notifications of arrival upon importation, seed, including treated seed, shall not be considered a pesticide or device.

(Sec. 10015) Directs the Secretary to lift the administrative stay imposed by a 2011 USDA rule establishing an industry-funded promotion, research, and information program for fresh cut Christmas trees.

Title XI: Crop Insurance - (Sec. 11002) Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) to publish on its website information on violations of the prohibition on premium adjustments.

(Sec. 11003) Makes available to crop producers a supplemental coverage option (based on area yield and loss) to cover part of a crop insurance policy deductible.

Triggers such option only if area losses exceed 10% of normal levels.

Provides for: (1) 65% premium coverage by FCIC, and (2) coverage to begin no later than crop year 2014.

(Sec. 11006) Makes permanent the pilot program under which FCIC pays a portion of the premiums for insurance plans or policies for which the insurable unit is defined as a whole farm or enterprise unit.

(Sec. 11007) Makes separate enterprise units available for irrigated and non-irrigated acreages of crops beginning with crop year 2014.

(Sec. 11009) Revises the adjustment in actual production history used to establish insurable yields.

(Sec. 11010) Requires FCIC to: (1) review any policy or pilot program to carry out research and development for new crop insurance policies, and submit it to the Board of Directors if it will likely result in a marketable policy and improved coverage; and (2) make an additional annual reimbursement through reinsurance year 2015 to insurance companies selling specialty crop policies.

(Sec. 11013) Provides crop insurance premiums at 50 percentage points less than the otherwise applicable subsidy for the first four crop years of planting on native sod acreage in the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area.

(Sec. 11014) Authorizes a producer that grows an agricultural commodity on both dry land and irrigated land to elect a different insurance coverage level for each production practice beginning with crop year 2015.

(Sec. 11015) Defines "beginning farmer or rancher" as a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than five crop years.

(Sec. 11016) Requires FCIC, beginning not later than the 2014 upland cotton crop, to make available to producers of maximum eligible acres of upland cotton an additional policy (the Stacked Income Protection Plan).

States that Plan coverage shall be in addition to all other coverages available to upland cotton producers.

(Sec. 11017) Requires FCIC and the Risk Management Agency, beginning with the 2014 crop, to make available a revenue crop insurance program for peanuts based on a price equal to the Rotterdam price index for peanuts, as adjusted to reflect the farmer stock price of peanuts in the United States.

(Sec. 11018) Requires FCIC to allow insurance providers to correct certain unintentional errors in producer-provided information.

(Sec. 11019) Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain and upgrade FCIC information management systems used in the administration and enforcement of this title, (2) implement an acreage reporting streamlining initiative to permit producers to report acreage and other information directly to USDA.

(Sec. 11021) Requires FCIC to:

 contract for research and development for insuring producers of freshwater-reared catfish against reduction in the margin between market value and selected production costs; contract to determine the feasibility of insuring commercial poultry production against business disruptions caused by integrator bankruptcy, and for a study to determine the feasibility of insuring poultry producers for a catastrophic event; contract for research and development of insuring biomass and sweet sorghum grown to produce feedstocks for renewable biofuel, renewable electricity, or biobased products; contract for a feasibility study of insuring swine producers for a catastrophic event; develop a whole farm risk management insurance plan (with liability of up to $1.25 million); and contract for a study to determine whether offering policies providing coverage for specialty crops from food safety and contamination issues would benefit agricultural producers. (Sec. 11022) Authorizes FCIC to enter into partnerships with public and private entities to increase risk management tools for producers or improve compliance.

Title XII: Miscellaneous - Subtitle A: Livestock - (Sec. 12101) Extends through FY2018: (1) the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. (2) the national aquatic animal health plan, and (3) the trichinae certification program.

(Sec. 12105) Directs the Secretary, through the Office of the Chief Economist, to conduct an economic analysis of the USDA's proposed rule "Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Wild and Farm-raised Fish and Shellfish, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, Peanuts, Pecans, Ginseng and Macadamia Nuts."

(Sec. 12106) Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements with eligible laboratories to: (1) enhance USDA's capability to detect and respond to animal health threats and to support the protection of public health, the environment, and the agricultural economy; (2) coordinate enhancement of national veterinary diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and (3) provide for standardized laboratory biosafety and biosecurity levels.

Authorizes appropriations through FY2018.

(Sec. 12107) Repeals a provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 establishing an inspection and grading program for catfish and other species of farm-raised fish or shellfish effective on the date of enactment of such Act.

(Sec. 12108) Directs the Secretary to ensure that USDA continues to administer the avian influenza surveillance program in commercial poultry through the General Conference Committee and the national poultry improvement program.

(Sec. 12109) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in Texas from January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2013.

Subtitle B: Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource Producers - (Sec. 12201) Provides funding through FY2018 for: (1) outreach and assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (includes veteran farmers and ranchers in the program), and (2) the Office of Advocacy and Outreach.

(Sec. 12203) Directs the Secretary to award a grant to a college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee University, to establish the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center.

Subtitle C: Other Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 12302) Provides funding through FY2018 for grants to improve the supply, stability, safety, and training of the agricultural labor force.

(Sec. 12304) Establishes: (1) an Office of Tribal Relations within the Office of the Secretary; and (2) a USDA position of Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison to provide information to returning military veterans on beginning farmer training, agricultural vocational and rehabilitation programs.

(Sec. 12307) Provides coverages based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program equivalent to: (1) catastrophic risk protection, or (2) specified additional coverage.

Reduces the premium for additional coverage by 50% for limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers.

(Sec. 12308) Requires each federal agency to have guidelines in effect for ensuring the quality of scientific information by January 1, 2014.

(Sec. 12309) Prohibits the Secretary from closing or relocating a Farm Service Agency county or field office in a state if the office has a high workload volume compared with other county offices in the state.

(Sec. 12310) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to make grants to state and tribal governments and research institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry, and (2) program appropriations through FY2018.

(Sec. 12311)Directs the Secretary to review publications that may give notice that the EPA is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.

(Sec. 12313) Prohibits any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor to attend such a venture.

(Sec. 12314) Prohibits any state or local government from imposing standards or conditions on the production or manufacture of agricultural products sold in interstate commerce if: (1) such production or manufacture occurs in another state, and (2) the standard or condition is in addition to the standards and conditions applicable pursuant to federal law and the laws of the state and locality in which such production or manufacture occurs.

(Sec. 12315) Directs the Secretary to increase flood protection for farmers, producers, and other agricultural interests in the Missouri River basin by: (1) recalculating the amount of space within the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System that is allocated to flood control storage, and (2) increasing the River's channel capacity between the reservoirs and below Gavins Point.

(Sec. 12316) Directs the Secretary to increase flood protection to farmers, producers, and other agricultural interests around the Wallkill River and in the Black Dirt region.

act title commodities subtitle repeals reforms sec repeals continues crop year direct payments countercyclical payments average crop revenue election program acre sec directs secretary agriculture usda provide farm base acreage adjustment covered commodities conservation reserve contract expires voluntarily terminated cropland released conservation reserve contract coverage producer eligible acreage sec directs secretary establish yield farm designated payment yield established sec provides crop years price loss coverage covered commodity effective price reference price alternative revenue loss coverage permanent time election covered commodity county revenue county revenue loss coverage trigger sec requires producers comply specified conservation requirements order receive payments subtitle sec states subtitle shall effective crop years subtitle marketing loans sec authorizes nonrecourse marketing assistance loans crop year loan deficiency payments crop year payments lieu loan deficiency payments wheat acreage grazing crop year programs upland cotton extra long staple cotton assistance peanuts recourse loans high moisture feed grains seed cotton crop year sec authorizes loan rate adjustments loan commodity cotton differences grade type quality location factors subtitle sugar sec provides nonrecourse loans processors domestically grown sugarcane domestically grown sugar beets crop year directs secretary sugarcane sugar beet quantity estimates crop year human consumption carryover stocks carry stocks domestic processing imports subtitle dairy dairy producer margin protection dairy market stabilization programs sec establishes dairy production margin protection program participating dairy operations paid basic production margin protection program payments production margins threshold levels supplemental production margin protection program payments purchased participating dairy operation provides retroactive basic margin protection retroactive supplemental margin protection sec makes participating dairy producers eligible basic margin protection additional supplemental margin protection available annual basis sec establishes dairy market stabilization program assist balancing supply milk demand participating dairy operations experiencing low negative operating margins sec makes unlawful person subject stabilization program willfully fail refuse provide delay timely reporting accurate information remittance funds secretary sec terminates production margin protection stabilization programs december repeal reauthorization dairy related provisions sec repeals dairy products price support program milk income loss contract program dairy export incentive program sec extends dairy indemnity program dairy forward pricing program dairy promotion research program iii effective date sec makes provisions subtitle effective october subtitle supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs sec provides livestock indemnity payments fy2018 eligible producers farms incurred excess livestock death losses attacks animals reintroduced wild federal government protected federal law adverse weather provides compensation fy2018 eligible livestock producers grazing losses caused drought fire provides emergency assistance fy2018 eligible producers livestock honey bees farm raised fish aid reduction losses disease adverse weather provides assistance fy2018 eligible orchardists nursery tree growers planted trees commercial purposes lost trees result natural disaster eligible orchardists nursery tree growers production history commercial purposes planted existing trees lost trees result natural disaster subtitle administration sec directs secretary use commodity_credit_corporation ccc funds facilities authorities carry title sec suspends permanent price support authority agricultural adjustment act agricultural act covered commodities cotton sugar crop year milk december suspends certain quota provisions wheat crops sec revises specified payment limitation provisions sec prohibits person legal entity receiving specified agricultural benefits crop fiscal program year average adjusted gross income person entity exceeds sec extends specified direct reimbursement payments geographically disadvantaged farmers ranchers fy2018 sec directs secretary preclude issuance agricultural payments behalf deceased individuals eligible payments sec directs secretary reduce producer paperwork administrative requirements maintain base acres payment yields covered commodities upland cotton september makes million available farm_service_agency carry title sec provides protection certain producer information title conservation subtitle conservation reserve program sec extends conservation reserve program crp fy2018 sets forth maximum crp acreage enrollments fy2018 makes eligible crp enrollment limits enrollment million acres time fy2014-fy2018 eliminates designation great lakes region watershed areas sec extends wetland program fy2018 eliminates program pilot program designation subtitle conservation stewardship program sec revises extends fy2018 conservation stewardship program limits aggregate payments person entity fy2014-fy2018 subtitle environmental quality incentives program sec extends environmental quality incentives program fy2018 requires fy2014-fy2018 program funds livestock production practices funds wildlife habitat practices provides payments wildlife habitat development sec applies program limitations period fy2014-fy2018 subtitle sec establishes agricultural conservation easement program conservation eligible land natural resources easements interests land combines purposes coordinates functions wetlands reserve program grassland reserve program farmland protection program sets forth agricultural land wetland easement provisions makes provisions subtitle effective october subtitle regional conservation partnership program sec establishes regional conservation partnership program accomplish purposes similar agricultural water enhancement program chesapeake_bay watershed program cooperative conservation partnership initiative great_lakes basin program conservation use natural resources regional watershed scale encourage partners cooperate producers meeting avoiding need regulatory requirements related production eligible land implementing projects affect multiple agricultural nonindustrial private forest operations local state regional basis authorizes secretary enter partnership agreement years time extension months directs secretary designate critical conservation areas provides program funding fy2014-fy2018 makes provisions subtitle effective october subtitle conservation programs sec authorizes appropriations fy2018 conservation private grazing land program grass roots source water protection program voluntary public access habitat incentive program small watershed rehabilitation program subtitle funding administration sec authorizes use commodity_credit_corporation ccc funds fy2018 conservation reserve program including specified amounts transferring contract land retiring owners operators beginning disadvantaged farmers ranchers agricultural conservation easement program conservation security program conservation stewardship program environmental quality incentives program subtitle technical amendments sec repeals conservation enhancement program emergency forestry conservation reserve program wetlands reserve program farmland protection program grassland reserve program agricultural water enhancement program wildlife habitat incentive program great_lakes_basin program chesapeake_bay watershed program cooperative conservation partnership initiative environmental easement program title iii trade subtitle food peace act sec extends specified programs authorizations appropriations food_for_peace_act fy2018 subtitle agricultural trade act sec extends fy2018 export credit guarantee programs market access program foreign market cooperator program subtitle agricultural trade laws sec extends fy2018 food progress program bill emerson humanitarian trust mcgovern dole international food education child nutrition program technical assistance specialty crops global crop diversity trust sec extends funding specialty crop technical assistance fy2018 sec authorizes secretary establish position secretary title nutrition subtitle supplemental nutrition assistance program sec amends food_and_nutrition_act prohibit payment deposit fee excess state fee reimbursement recipients supplemental nutrition assistance snap known food stamp program return contain food purchased snap benefits sec requires participating retail food stores offer perishable goods staple food categories provide adequate electronic benefit transfer ebt service requires participating retail food stores including restaurants participating state option restaurant program intended serve elderly disabled homeless certain exceptions pay costs acquiring arranging implementation ebt point sale equipment supplies prohibits state issuing manual vouchers secretary determines vouchers necessary requires parties providing ebt transfer services maintain unique business identification unique terminal identification number snap routing system sec includes eligible retailers governmental nonprofit food purchasing delivery services serve elderly disabled individuals unable shop food sec reauthorizes indian reservation food distribution program sec restricts categorical snap eligibility households receiving cash assistance low income assistance programs sec excludes medical marijuana excess medical expense deduction sec requires household receive low income heating energy assistance program payment annually order receive snap utility allowance deduction sec makes household member receives substantial lottery gambling winnings ineligible snap benefits sec states household makes excessive requests replacement ebt card secretary require state agency decline issue replacement card household provides explanation card loss requires states implementing practice protect vulnerable persons sec authorizes use snap benefits shares community supported agriculture sec sets forth additional responsibilities state agencies restaurants participate restaurant meals program sec requires state agency use income eligibility immigration status verification system sec requires state agency use income eligibility immigration status verification system sec requires pilot projects improve federal state cooperation reducing snap fraud sec prohibits federal funds recruit snap recipients recruitment activities entities receive snap funds sec repeals performance bonus program sec reduces funding employment training programs sec directs secretary monitor snap employment training programs assess effectiveness sec establishes pilot projects identify best practices employment training programs increase number work registrants obtain unsubsidized employment reduce public assistance dependence sec authorizes snap appropriations fy2018 sec prohibits funds puerto_rico provide nutrition assistance cash sec provides additional assistance beginning fy2014 community food projects designates funding projects provide incentives low income individuals purchase fruits vegetables sec extends commodity purchase authority fy2018 emergency food assistance program authorizes appropriations fy2018 emergency food program infrastructure grants sec provides funding prevention retailer trafficking sec requires study assess capabilities cnmi operate snap program manner operated states alternative models best meet cnmi needs establishment pilot program study determines feasible cnmi operate snap program operated states provides fy2014 fy2015 funding study fy2016 fy2018 funding pilot program established sec requires annual state report secretary snap participant verification subtitle commodity distribution programs sec extends fy2018 commodity distribution program commodity supplemental food program distribution surplus commodities special nutrition projects program limits commodity supplemental food program eligibility low income persons years older permits persons years old currently served program remain program longer meet eligibility requirements sec amends commodity distribution reform act wic amendments authorize secretary retain title commodities delivered processor prior final delivery state distributing agency recipient agency subtitle miscellaneous sec extends funding senior farmers market nutrition program fy2018 sec repeals nutrition information awareness pilot program sec establishes pilot grant program purchase fresh fruit vegetables sec permits school food authority low annual commodity entitlement value substitute locally regionally grown raised food authority allotment commodity assistance school lunch program authorizes farm school demonstration programs source local food lieu commodity assistance school meal programs sec establishes healthy food financing initiative improve access healthy foods underserved areas create quality jobs revitalize low income communities providing loans grants fresh food retailers overcome higher entry costs areas authorizes appropriations title farm ownership loans sec allows additional legal entities qualify farm ownership loans acceptable experiences qualify year farming eligibility requirement direct loans sec authorizes appropriations fy2018 conservation loan loan guarantee program sec increases maximum payment loan program amounts subtitle operating loans sec allows additional legal entities qualify farm operating loans sec authorizes secretary waive personal liability youth borrower loan default circumstances borrower control sec authorizes micro loan program direct guaranteed loans maximum micro loan total micro loan indebtedness borrower subtitle emergency loans sec allows additional legal entities qualify emergency loans subtitle administrative provisions sec extends beginning farmer rancher individual development accounts pilot program fy2018 subtitle state agricultural mediation programs sec extends state agricultural mediation programs fy2018 subtitle loans purchasers highly land sec amends loan loan guarantee program indian tribes tribal corporations purchase highly land reservation permit loans intermediaries establish revolving loan funds purchases title consolidated_farm rural development act sec extends fy2018 water waste disposal wastewater facility grants rural business opportunity grants funding federal share developing tribal college university essential community facilities emergency imminent community water assistance grants grants nonprofit organizations water system servicing low- moderate income households rural cooperative development grants loans enterprises process store market locally regionally produced agricultural food products intermediary program finance rural business facilities community development projects grants federal share acquiring radio transmitters increase rural coverage weather radio broadcast system national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa rural micro enterprise assistance program delta_regional_authority rural business investment program sec authorizes appropriations rural water wastewater circuit rider program sec authorizes grants public bodies private nonprofit corporations technical assistance training essential rural community facilities programs sec directs secretary develop use coordinated strategy serve local needs rural communities making investments rural community colleges technical colleges subtitle rural electrification act sec extends fy2018 guarantee authority rural electrification telephone bonds notes expansion access loan guarantees rural broadband telecommunications infrastructure sec gives highest loan priority applicants offer provide broadband service greatest proportion households incumbent service provider subtitle miscellaneous sec extends fy2018 distance learning telemedicine program value added agricultural producer grants agriculture innovation center demonstration program title vii related_matters_-_subtitle teaching policy act sec extends economics_advisory_board september sec establishes veterinary services grant program authorizes appropriations sec extends fy2018 grants fellowships food agricultural sciences education nutrition education program animal health disease research programs grants upgrade agricultural food sciences facilities land grant colleges land grant colleges insular areas grants hispanic serving institutions grants international agricultural science education assistance extension programs assistance university agricultural research assistance supplemental alternative crops aquaculture assistance programs assistance rangeland research programs assistance biosecurity planning assistance agricultural food policy research centers assistance distance education resident instruction insular area institutions higher education sec repeals human nutrition intervention health promotion research program appropriations research national regional problems pilot research program combine medical agricultural research research equipment grants authority national research training virtual centers sec establishes grant program training hispanic agricultural workers youth food agricultural sciences sec authorizes appropriations fy2018 carry subtitle sec requires recipient competitive grant involves applied research extension state specific provide matching funds kind contributions subtitle trade act sec amends trade act replace permanent authorization appropriations authorization appropriations fy2018 research extension projects promote best utilization biological applications integrated management integrated crop research sustainable agriculture technology development transfer program national training program sec authorizes appropriations fy2018 national resources program national agricultural weather information system high priority research extension initiatives assistive technology program farmers disabilities sec repeals national agricultural weather information system agricultural initiative electronic commerce extension program authority red meat safety research center nutrient management research extension initiative agricultural bioenergy feedstock energy efficiency research extension initiative sec extends ccc additional funding fy2018 organic agriculture research extension initiative sec authorizes secretary prioritize funding purposes regional centers excellence established specific agricultural commodities states regional center excellence shall composed colleges universities provide financial support regional center excellence subtitle education reform act sec extends fy2018 integrated management systems programs research diseases wheat caused grants youth organizations specialty crop research initiative food animal residue avoidance database program sec repeals program improve viability small medium dairy livestock poultry operations bovine livestock disease control program national swine research center authority certain studies agricultural research extension education subtitle laws sec extends fy2018 programs assistance research facilities act renewable_resources_extension_act national aquaculture act competitive special facilities research grant act sec revises institutions equity educational land grant status act provisions sec repeals authority certain carbon cycle research remote sensing data use sec extends beginning farmer rancher development program fy2018 makes beginning farmers ranchers veterans eligible program set asides sec extends coverage commonwealth_of_the_northern_mariana_islands subtitle energy act sec extends fy2018 research development agricultural countermeasures training agricultural biosecurity planning response food science professionals veterinarians agricultural biosecurity grant program assistance build local capacity agricultural biosecurity planning response sec revises budget submission funding provisions sec repeals antibiotic resistant bacteria research grant program farm ranch stress assistance network seed distribution program rural transportation research program sec extends fy2018 natural products research program sun grant program subtitle miscellaneous provisions sec authorizes secretary negotiate concession agreements nonprofit organizations support sec authorizes non federal entity construct cost government facility use agricultural_research_service land owned agricultural_research_service managed secretary directs secretary accept completed facility gift title viii forestry subtitle repeal certain forestry programs sec repeals forest land enhancement program watershed forestry assistance program hispanic serving institution agricultural land leadership program tribal watershed forestry assistance program subtitle programs sec extends forest legacy program community forest open space conservation program fy2018 subtitle reauthorization forestry related laws sec extends rural revitalization technologies program fy2018 subtitle area response sec directs secretary designate critical areas national_forest_system address deteriorating forest health conditions insect infestation drought disease storm damage future risk insect infestations disease outbreaks preventative treatments sec allows use expedited environmental administrative judicial procedures areas subtitle miscellaneous provisions sec directs secretary revise forest inventory strategic plan sec provides state seeks reimbursement resources services provided state wildfire management secretary accept reimbursement state pay state seeking reimbursement title energy sec extends fy2018 biobased marketing program biorefinery assistance bioenergy program advanced biofuels biodiesel fuel education program assistance program reduce eliminate biorefinery fossil fuel use rural energy america program biomass research development feedstock flexibility program bioenergy producers biomass crop assistance program community wood energy program sec repeals authority biofuels infrastructure study renewable fertilizer study title horticulture sec extends fy2018 specialty crop market news program farmers market local food promotion program organic production market initiatives food safety initiatives specialty crop block grants sec repeals specialty crop movement market program sec sets forth investigatory enforcement provisions organic foods production act sec exempts bulk bin shipment apples canada specified requirements sec subjects imported oil grade size quality controls sec repeals coordinated plant management program establishes national clean plant network diagnostic pathogen elimination services produce clean plant material maintain blocks pathogen tested plant material sites united_states makes funding available fy2018 sec sets forth conditions pesticide registration modified canceled suspended sec reducing regulatory prohibits specified exceptions environmental_protection_agency epa state requiring permit federal_water_pollution_control_act discharge point source navigable waters pesticide authorized sale distribution use federal_insecticide fungicide rodenticide_act sec states purposes notifications arrival importation seed including treated seed shall considered pesticide device sec directs secretary lift administrative stay imposed usda rule establishing industry funded promotion research information program fresh cut christmas trees title crop insurance sec amends federal_crop_insurance_act require federal_crop_insurance_corporation fcic publish website information violations prohibition premium adjustments sec makes available crop producers supplemental coverage option based area yield loss cover crop insurance policy deductible triggers option area losses exceed normal levels provides premium coverage fcic coverage begin later crop year sec makes permanent pilot program fcic pays portion premiums insurance plans policies insurable unit defined farm enterprise unit sec makes separate enterprise units available irrigated non irrigated crops beginning crop year sec revises adjustment actual production history establish insurable yields sec requires fcic review policy pilot program carry research development new crop insurance policies submit board_of_directors likely result marketable policy improved coverage additional annual reimbursement reinsurance year insurance companies selling specialty crop policies sec provides crop insurance premiums percentage points applicable subsidy crop years planting native sod acreage sec authorizes producer grows agricultural commodity dry land irrigated land elect different insurance coverage level production practice beginning crop year sec defines beginning farmer rancher farmer rancher actively operated managed farm ranch bona fide insurable interest crop livestock owner operator landlord tenant sharecropper crop years sec beginning later upland cotton crop available producers maximum eligible acres upland cotton additional policy states plan coverage shall addition coverages available upland cotton producers sec requires fcic risk_management_agency beginning crop available revenue crop insurance program peanuts based price equal price index peanuts adjusted reflect farmer stock price peanuts united_states sec requires fcic allow insurance providers correct certain unintentional errors producer provided information sec directs secretary maintain upgrade fcic information management systems administration enforcement title implement acreage reporting streamlining initiative permit producers report acreage information directly usda sec requires fcic contract research development insuring producers freshwater catfish reduction margin market value selected production costs contract determine feasibility insuring commercial poultry production business disruptions caused integrator bankruptcy study determine feasibility insuring poultry producers catastrophic event contract research development insuring biomass sweet sorghum grown produce feedstocks renewable biofuel renewable electricity biobased products contract feasibility study insuring swine producers catastrophic event develop farm risk management insurance plan liability million contract study determine offering policies providing coverage specialty crops food safety contamination issues benefit agricultural producers sec authorizes fcic enter partnerships public private entities increase risk management tools producers improve compliance title xii miscellaneous subtitle livestock sec extends fy2018 national aquatic animal health plan certification program sec directs secretary conduct economic analysis usda proposed rule mandatory country origin labeling beef pork chicken goat meat wild farm raised fish shellfish peanuts nuts sec directs secretary enter contracts grants cooperative agreements eligible laboratories enhance usda capability detect respond animal health threats support protection public health environment agricultural economy coordinate enhancement national veterinary diagnostic laboratory capabilities provide standardized laboratory biosafety biosecurity levels authorizes appropriations fy2018 sec repeals provision energy act establishing inspection grading program catfish species farm raised fish shellfish effective date enactment act sec directs secretary ensure usda continues administer avian influenza surveillance program commercial poultry national poultry improvement program sec directs secretary report congress incidence bovine tuberculosis cattle texas january december subtitle socially disadvantaged producers sec provides funding fy2018 outreach assistance socially disadvantaged farmers ranchers includes veteran farmers ranchers program sec directs secretary award grant college university eligible receive funds act august including establish socially disadvantaged farmers ranchers policy research center subtitle miscellaneous provisions sec provides funding fy2018 grants improve supply stability safety training agricultural labor force sec establishes office office_of_the_secretary usda position military veterans agricultural liaison provide information returning military veterans beginning farmer training agricultural vocational rehabilitation programs sec provides coverages based individual yields value loss crops noninsured crop disaster assistance program equivalent catastrophic risk protection specified additional coverage reduces premium additional coverage limited resource beginning socially disadvantaged farmers sec requires federal agency guidelines effect ensuring quality scientific information january sec prohibits secretary closing relocating farm service agency county field office state office high workload volume compared county offices state sec authorizes secretary grants state tribal governments research institutions promote domestic maple syrup industry program appropriations fy2018 sec secretary review publications notice epa preparing plans prepare guidance policy memorandum regulation statement general applicability future effect significant impact substantial number agricultural entities sec prohibits person knowingly attending animal fighting venture causing minor attend venture sec prohibits state local government imposing standards conditions production manufacture agricultural products sold interstate commerce production manufacture occurs state standard condition addition standards conditions applicable pursuant federal law laws state locality production manufacture occurs sec directs secretary increase flood protection farmers producers agricultural interests missouri_river basin space allocated flood control storage increasing river channel capacity reservoirs point sec directs secretary increase flood protection farmers producers agricultural interests black region


Summary:
Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures Act or AFFIRM Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) from paying a part of the crop insurance premium for additional coverage for any person or legal entity that has an average adjusted gross income in excess of $250,000.

Caps: (1) the rate of return for all crop insurance providers combined for the 2013 and subsequent reinsurance years at 12% of retained premium, and (2) total reimbursements for administrative and operating costs for the 2013 insurance year for all types of policies and plans of insurance at $900 million.

Requires that any renegotiated Standard Reinsurance Agreement, when compared to the immediately preceding Agreement, shall reduce FCIC obligations.

Requires annual disclosure to the public of specified crop insurance premium subsidy information.

assisting family farmers insurance reform measures act affirm act amends federal_crop_insurance_act prohibit federal_crop_insurance_corporation fcic paying crop insurance premium additional coverage person legal entity average adjusted gross income excess caps rate return crop insurance providers combined subsequent reinsurance years retained premium total reimbursements administrative operating costs insurance year types policies plans insurance million requires renegotiated standard_reinsurance_agreement compared immediately preceding agreement shall reduce fcic obligations requires annual disclosure public specified crop insurance premium subsidy information


Summary: Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to eliminate the 15-year limitation on the period for which borrowers of agricultural operating loans are eligible for guaranteed assistance.

amends consolidated_farm rural development act eliminate year limitation period borrowers agricultural operating loans eligible guaranteed assistance


Summary: Crop Insurance Subsidy Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require annual disclosure to the public of specified crop insurance premium subsidy information.

crop insurance subsidy transparency act amends federal_crop_insurance_act require annual disclosure public specified crop insurance premium subsidy information


Summary: Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to provide agricultural product market development grants to assist persons in preserving the quality and shelf-life of fruit and vegetable crops produced by such persons on qualified land through the use of mobile and fixed flash freezing and quick freezing units.

preserving act amends agricultural_risk_protection_act provide agricultural product market development grants assist persons preserving quality shelf life fruit vegetable crops produced persons qualified land use mobile fixed freezing quick freezing units


Summary:
Crop Insurance Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make a producer violating certain conservation requirements under the highly erodible land or wetland programs ineligible for insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC).

 Gives producers under the highly erodible land program who are: (1) affected by this change for the first time five reinsurance years to develop and comply with an approved conservation plan, and (2) in violation two reinsurance years to develop and comply with an approved conservation plan.

Gives producers under the wetland conservation program who are: (1) affected by this change for the first time two reinsurance years to remedy a violation, and (2) in violation one reinsurance year to initiate an approved conservation plan.

Requires producers to file a conservation plan with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in order to receive federal subsidies for their crop insurance premiums.

Provides for: (1) all appeal processes to be exhausted before producers are found to be out of compliance, and (2) a one-year good faith compliance extension.

crop insurance accountability act amends food security act producer violating certain conservation requirements highly land wetland programs ineligible insurance premiums paid federal_crop_insurance_corporation fcic gives producers highly land program affected change time reinsurance years develop comply approved conservation plan violation reinsurance years develop comply approved conservation plan gives producers wetland conservation program affected change time reinsurance years remedy violation violation reinsurance year initiate approved conservation plan requires producers file conservation plan department_of_agriculture usda order receive federal subsidies crop insurance premiums provides appeal processes exhausted producers found compliance year good faith compliance extension