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

Department ends consideration of DEI criteria like race and gender in agriculture agencies. The USDA recently announced that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday it would no longer consider a farmer's race or sex in many of its farm ...

Lloyd Wright isn’t shocked that the United States Department of Agriculture is reversing a 35-year-old policy meant to help ...

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized a rule eliminating race- and gender-based preferences in its programs ...

A group of other Black farmers weren't too surprised at the program's dismantling but the caveat is they weren't sad to see them go.

The Trump administration says the "socially disadvantaged" designation is no longer needed because "past discrimination has ...

The US Department of Agriculture’s Equity Commission presented nearly 70 recommendations Thursday that the agency hopes will “further advance equity at USDA” and help resolve longstanding ...

The USDA began releasing payments in October 2022 and as of May 23, it has distributed $1.1 billion in debt relief payments. In another program in the Inflation Reduction Act, Congress appropriated $2 ...