Articles Tagged with ''black farmers''

USDA requests nominations for equity commission

09/24/21 10:50 AM By Steve Davies

The Agriculture Department is seeking members for an advisory panel on equity as it attempts to address long-standing barriers minorities have faced in accessing federal farm programs.

USDA taps $67M for heirs' property lending program

07/29/21 1:47 PM By Steve Davies

USDA is making $67 million available to help landowners struggling with heirs’ property resolve ownership and succession issues.

Biden seeks major funding increases for environmental priorities

05/28/21 4:52 PM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

President Joe Biden released his full budget request for fiscal 2022, detailing his plans to ramp up spending at the Agriculture Department for climate research and agricultural adaptation while also increasing spending for environmental regulation at the Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department.

Scott says Black farmer legislation will include tax incentives

04/23/21 3:38 PM By Steve Davies

The House Agriculture Committee is working on a bill to help Black farmers increase their market share by providing tax incentives to suppliers to buy their products, committee chairman David Scott, D-Ga., said on a webinar Friday on diversity and inclusion in agriculture moderated by Agri-Pulse.

Daybreak March 31: Scott: Debt relief unrelated to reparations

03/31/21 11:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Ben Nuelle, and Steve Davies

Some advocates of the newly-enacted debt relief provisions for minority farmers have called it a form of reparations. But House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, who is African American, strenuously objects to that characterization. He says the $4 billion just makes up for the fact that white farmers primarily benefitted from the billions of dollars in recent farm payments.

Daybreak March 26: House Ag prepping Black farmer bill

03/26/21 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott says he’ll be working with Republicans on a landmark bill to help Black farmers, following on the debt relief that was part of the new stimulus package.

Debt relief for minority farmers a good start, senators say

03/24/21 6:14 AM By Steve Davies

The $5 billion approved in the American Rescue Plan for disadvantaged farmers, including $4 billion in debt relief, is only the beginning of what should be done for farmers of color, three key U.S. senators said Monday.

Senate Dems secure $1.9T stimulus bill, minority farmer debt relief survives GOP challenge

03/06/21 12:25 PM By Philip Brasher

Democrats win Senate approval of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package after modifying some provisions to assuage party moderates but preserving historic debt relief for minority farmers that Republicans tried to strip from the bill.

Daybreak March 3: Vilsack’s goal: Address impact of racism

03/03/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

In an interview with Agri-Pulse, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said he’s open to helping aspiring Black farmers acquire the acreage they need by tapping federal land holdings. Vilsack made clear that his goal as secretary is to address the impact of a legacy of discrimination against minority farmers. It’s no longer an issue of just compensating producers who were the victims of discrimination themselves.

House passes $1.9T stimulus package with aid for food system, minority farmers

02/27/21 6:10 AM By Philip Brasher

Democrats pushed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package through the House early Saturday despite progressives' fears about the future of a minimum-wage increase that's included in the measure.

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04.19.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 19, 2024: Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., on farm bill, specialty crops

California Democrat Salud Carbajal sits on the House Ag Committee and is working on his first farm bill. He joins us to discuss the latest politics surrounding a farm bill timeline and whether or not the House Ag Committee can meet a Memorial Day deadline proposed by House Ag Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa. He also discusses the challenges facing the specialty crop industry and how mechanization can be used to help workforce shortages.

Then, Dennis Nuxoll with the Western Growers Association and Tom Sell with Combest, Sell & Associates join to chat about the political environment facing a farm bill and challenges facing specialty crop producers.

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