Billions in loans support minority farmers. Trump's DEI rollbacks cast doubt on their future. - Investigate Midwest

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Billions in loans support minority farmers. Trump's DEI rollbacks cast doubt on their future. - Investigate Midwest

Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, the administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives has cast uncertainty over USDA programs vital to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.From 2019 and 2023, the U.S Department of Agriculture provided $2 billion in critical financial support to these farmers and ranchers – those of color, women, and other underserved groups – in Midwestern states and Oklahoma t…