Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 5/6/21


The USDA will proceed with $4 billion in loan forgiveness for socially disadvantaged farmers despite lawsuits that want to add white farmers to the program, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday. The assistance is intended to address the cumulative effect of ingrained discrimination against Blacks and other farmers of color, said Vilsack at the White House. “So I think there is a very legitimate reason for doing what we’re doing,” he told reporters.

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