1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Farm Conservation Act . 2. Small farm EQIP subprogram Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (1) Availability; minimum amount (A) Availability A payment provided to a producer under the program shall be used to implement 1 or more practices under the program. (B) Minimum amount The amount of a payment provided to a producer under the program shall be not less than $2,500. ; (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking A payment and inserting Subject to paragraph (1)(B), a payment ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (8) Soil health management system payments (A) In general Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary shall increase the amount that would otherwise be provided for practices comprising a soil health management system on a farm by 50 percent for any application for a soil health management system on an operation of not more than 50 acres. (B) Rapid and streamlined application and contract approval The Secretary shall provide payments under this paragraph on a continuous enrollment basis, using a rapid and streamlined application and contract approval process. ; (2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following: (3) Small farm EQIP subprogram (A) Total funding For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, not less than $100,000,000 of the funds made available for payments under the program shall be used to carry out the subprogram established under subsection (k). (B) Technical and financial assistance Of the amounts made available under subparagraph (A)— (i) 35 percent shall be used to ensure the provision of tailored technical assistance for small-scale agricultural producers by— (I) hiring new Natural Resources Conservation Service staff who are familiar with the unique conservation challenges faced by small-scale agricultural producers