; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with third-party providers with relevant expertise in the covered management measures to ensure adequate technical services are available to alternative manure management program applicants. (k) Funding (1) In general The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the alternative manure management program (including the provision of technical assistance described in subsection (j)) using $1,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. (2) Reservations of funds The Secretary shall use a majority of the funds made available by paragraph (1) for contract offers from small and mid-sized dairy and livestock operations, including— (A) beginning farmers or ranchers; (B) limited resource farmers and ranchers; and (C) socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. . 3. Erodible land and wetland conservation and reserve program Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3801(a) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (27) as paragraphs (4) through (28), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) Composting practice The term composting practice means— (A) an activity (including an activity that does not require the use of a composting facility) to produce compost from organic waste that is— (i) generated on a farm; or (ii) brought to a farm from the nearby community