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Absolutely Shameful: Sec. Vilsack Says Under Trump, 0.1% Of COVID Farm Aid Went To Black Farmers
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4:03Now PlayingLast week, we told you how a group of Midwestern farmers is suing the federal government, claiming they can't receive COVID-19 loan forgiveness because they're white, violating their constitutional rights.
According to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, just a tiny fraction of the Trump administration's coronavirus relief for American farmers -- just 0.1 percent of the overall package -- went to Black farmers.
Of those who identified their race or ethnicity, Black farmers received only $20.8 million of nearly $26 billion in two rounds of payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program announced by the Trump administration last April.
Of the 3.4 million farmers in the United States today, only 45,000 -- 1.3 percent -- are Black, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That's down from 1 million a century ago because of widespread land loss.
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