A House Ag Committee hearing is discussing longstanding discrimination Black farmers have faced from the USDA and others.
Cornelius Blanding, executive director with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, says many Black farmers have gone out of business because they haven’t received equal access to loans.
“Most Black farmers get their credit from USDA’s Farm Service Agency, which they’re expected to graduate out of that system in seven years,” he says.
