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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the handful of funding recipients for USDA’s Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities Program he announced Tuesday should provide a framework for a broader rollout in two weeks.

A new program created in the 2018 farm bill aims to help land-grant colleges and universities do more to help American Indian students.

In this opinion piece, Marshall Matz explains more details around the bipartisan initiative for American Indian students attending land-grant universities and colleges entitled a “New Beginning for Tribal Students” (Section 7120 of the Farm Bill).

Located deep within the farm bill is a provision that could have a profound impact in the future. Section 7120 establishes a new USDA program entitled “New Beginning for Tribal Students.”