A new rule removes race and gender considerations from federal farm programs. The move comes after the Trump administration ...

The agency published a rule in the federal register that will end the 30-year use of a 'socially disadvantaged' definition ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday issued a rule ending the use of racial and gender preferences in USDA programs when “these requirements are not required by an act of Congress,” but ...

USDA has distributed $2.2 billion to 43,000 individuals who experienced discrimination in receiving USDA farm program services before January 2021. More than 23,000 individuals currently or ...

Trump’s rebuke to ‘gender ideology’ changes federal policy and sets up clash with California President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.

July 10, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a final rule in the Federal Register today rescinding a provision that has been in place for more than 30 years to give farmers deemed ...