Senator Booker Sees Budget Reconciliation Advancing Debt Relief For Farmers Of Color

By Leah Douglas

Successful Farming

With a historic program to provide debt relief for farmers of color tied up in litigation, the Biden administration and Congress must use additional tools to get financial support to struggling farmers, experts say. Though they remain confident in USDA’s support of the program, attorneys, advocates, and policymakers say that Congress should use the budget reconciliation process to avoid any further delay in providing essential relief to minority farmers.

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