At their peak in 1920, there were over 949,000 Black farmers in America, according to a 2017 report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That number has now plummeted to roughly 45,000 ...

Spain's black olive exporters, subject to harsh tariffs since U.S. President Donald Trump's first term, are warning it will be difficult to survive an extra 15% they now face under the European ...

They discussed how Black farmers failed to get financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that was allocated in Biden's America Rescue Plan in 2021 after incurring loss ...

The Biden administration fully distributed the IRA funds to eligible farmers. Boyd, whose organization represents over 116,000 Black farmers, said about 60,000 applied for relief.

After years of discrimination against Black and other minority farmers, USDA is paying them $2 billion “It’s like putting a bandage on somebody that needs open-heart surgery,” said John Boyd ...

Black farmers in the Peach State are becoming increasingly disillusioned with President Biden, according to a recent New York Times report, and losing the small voting bloc could spell further bad ...

A new law allocated $3.1 billion to help farmers struggling with USDA-backed loans and $2.2 billion to pay farmers who the agency discriminated against. Wardell Carter, who is Black, said no one in ...

“Palm oil has not only impacted my life, but also the community,” said Nassozi. “There are many farmers who are like me who have built houses, and some have bought cars.

The political and economic background is important to understand what’s coming next in the black market for oil. The attention is on Russia and Iran, which together pump about 15% of the world ...

Black Gulf Coast farmers like Iowa, Louisiana’s Hilery Gobert are growing crops using farming techniques that keep climate change and their local ecosystems in mind. Gobert and others are ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...