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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 ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday it would no longer consider a farmer's ...
The new rule is part of the Trump administration's directives to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the federal government.
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 Agriculture Department will no longer recognize groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and women ...
The US Department of Agriculture’s Equity Commission on Tuesday presented more than 30 recommendations it hopes will extend opportunities to communities of color and help resolve longstanding ...