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According to the Hagstrom Report, the Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill will contain language to address the court cases brought against a program to provide debt relief directed to minority farmers. Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow made that known after a committee business meeting last week. W... Read More ...

The USDA says it will establish an Equity Commission and is looking for nominations for membership on the Commission’s Advisory Committee and Subcommittee on Agriculture. “USDA is committed to advancing equity throughout the Department,” said Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack. The Equity Co ...

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty last week filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the alleged race discrimination in the American Rescue Plan. Specifically, the organization targets a provision to offer loan forgiveness based on racial categories ...

The House Agriculture Committee held a historic hearing Thursday reviewing the state of Black farmers in the United States. The hearing detailed decades of systemic racism and discrimination against Black Farmers by the USDA. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers, “We will over the next four years do everything we can to root out whatever systemic racism and barriers that may exist at

Earlier this week, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed their latest efforts to promoted equality among all of the USDA's program, which he stressed are open to all producers. "We'll have an Equity Commission, which will begin the process of investigating all of the programs at the USDA to make sure that we identify and root out any systemic racism that may exist in those programs ...