CT will operate its own block grant. But lawmakers argued the options from USDA could prevent some farmers from getting ...

Trump also has signaled he wants to gut the federal CDFI Fund, which serves disadvantaged businesses. Oregon’s Manufacturing ...

Many states had significantly higher minority participation in the USDA loan programs than their agricultural census counts, federal data shows.

Amid new whistleblower allegations, the USDA is accused of not ending Biden-era DEI programming that racially discriminates ...

A whistleblower told NewsNation the Biden administration’s loan program for farmers only provided support to minority farmers.

A whistleblower says the Biden administration enacted a secret DEI program that allegedly discriminates against white farmers.

The slashing of Rural Development's workforce leaves former officials concerned that rural Oklahoma could lose its safety net.

Currently, the USDA administers hundreds of programs that support the agriculture sector, either through grants and loans ... and rural food systems, and minority and women farmers, according ...

For decades, USDA-approved loans of lesser value for Black farmers compared to their White counterparts or refused them altogether. Minority farmers reported limited access to credit and technical ...

The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority ... USDA. Another 20,000 who planned to start a farm but did not receive a USDA loan ...