Authorizes Secretary of Agriculture to declare agricultural emergency; requires Department of Agriculture to conduct study on funding sources available to farmers during agricultural emergency.

Summary

The bill lets the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture officially declare an agricultural emergency for up to six months. It also forces the Department of Agriculture to post emergency details online within 24 hours and to conduct a study of state, federal and private funding that farmers could tap during such emergencies. The goal is to help farms stay viable when weather, supply chain or disease shocks hit.

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