; and (2) in subsection (h)(1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 5 percent and inserting 15 percent ; and (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 5 percent and inserting 15 percent . 106. Agricultural land easements Section 1265B(b)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3865b(b)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Priority In evaluating applications under the program, the Secretary shall give priority to an application for the purchase of an agricultural land easement that— (i) maintains agricultural viability, as determined by the Secretary; or (ii) includes, as a condition of the easement, a requirement that any subsequent purchase of the land subject to the easement shall be at agricultural value. . II Credit 201. Adjustment of maximum limit on amount of direct farm ownership loans for regional farm real estate inflation; authority to make or guarantee farm ownership microloans Section 305 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1925 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking $300,000 and inserting $500,000 (increased, beginning with fiscal year 2019, by the regional farm real estate inflation percentage applicable to the location where the farm involved is located for the fiscal year in which the loan is made, and decreased by the amount of any unpaid indebtedness of the borrower on direct loans under subtitle B) ; and (B) by inserting cost before inflation percentage ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Inflation percentage and inserting Cost inflation percentage ; and (B) in the text, by inserting cost before inflation percentage