Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 6/30/21


Any debt relief minority farmers were expecting in 2021 has come to a grinding halt under proposed court schedules pitched by lawyers for white farmers and Department of Justice attorneys representing USDA officials. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking to DTN on Wednesday, said the litigation involving white farmers who sued USDA over the program will now have to move through the U.S. District court, then almost certainly will go to federal appeals courts, and perhaps all of the way to the Supreme Court.

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