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DOJ to stop defending benefits for 'socially disadvantaged' farmers

02/13/26 11:46 AM By Noah Wicks
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The Justice Department will no longer defend some farm program benefits targeted to “socially disadvantaged” producers, Solicitor General John Sauer says in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson.


KEYWORDS civil rights at USDA DOJ farmer discrimination John Sauer socially disadvantaged farmers Solicitor General
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