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USDA to Begin Relief Payments to Minority Farmers Despite Lawsuit
2021-05-27 18:47:39
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Reece Nations
WASHINGTON — The Department of Agriculture announced it will start making loan forgiveness payments to thousands of minority farmers in June as part of the American Rescue Plan Act. Roughly $4 billion was set aside by the economic relief package... Read More
'We Are Facing Extinction': Black Farmers in Steep Decline
2021-02-02 15:49:24
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'We Are Facing Extinction': Black Farmers in Steep Decline
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — After Gil Alexander's death left no active Black farmers in a historic Kansas community once home to hundreds, Alexander's nephew and his wife gave up their jobs in Arizona to try and save the family... Read More
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