b'Agricultural Provisions of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021MILLION DOLLARSOutreach and Support for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers, $1,0009.7%Food Purchase and Distribution Eorts, Pandemic Response, $3,600 Food for Peace, $80035% 7.7%Rural Health Care Grants, $5004.8%Animal Surveillance, $3002.9%Overtime Inspection Cost Reduction, $1001.0%Administration, $480.5%Debt Forgiveness for SociallyEducation Support for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers, $4,000 Disadvantaged Farmers, $539% 0.05%Inspector General, $3$10.4 Billion Total 0.02%Source: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Farm Bureau CalculationsFIGURE 5. Agricultural Provisions of American Rescue Plan 12existing roads, bridges, locks, and dams over thenew farmers and ranchers over the age of 35 as next 8 years. This funding will aid agriculturalwell as the number of smaller farms and ranches production and movement of goods to market.nationwide continue to rise. Funds for increased broadband access will allow farms better communication and use of remoteTo ensure the U.S. retains an adequate number of technologies. An additional $10.4 billion dollars isfarmers into the future, government assistance earmarked specically for agriculture to strengthenprograms such as the Beginning Farmer and the supply chain.12 Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) provides grants to organizations for education, mentoring, Although the price of natural gas has decreased inand technical assistance initiatives for beginning recent years because of increased production, concernfarmers or ranchers. Access to capital, land, over diminishing supplies of fossil fuels and increasingknowledge, and information within a new farmers greenhouse gases have prompted climate initiativesrst ten years is vital to their individual success which would result in an increased use of biofuels andand helps to ensure a protable and sustainable as a result, prices for the commodities used will rise.American agricultural future.14Because biofuels are grown as crops, this will benet agriculture and encourage new farming technologiesBetween 2001 and 2016, Idaho lost nearly 70,000 using alternative energy sources.13 acres of farmland to the expansion of cities, suburbs, and exurbs. Of the farmland lost during that time, According to the USDAs National Agricultural26% was considered Nationally Signicant land Statistics Services most recent Ag Census data,best suited for growing food. This loss is made worse the number of young people entering the farmingby Low Density Residential (LDR) development, industry continues to decline, but the number ofwhich refers to large-lot development in and 22 I D A H O I N F R A S T R U C T U R E G U I D E B O O K'