Here's why Black farmers likely won't see benefits of Trump's $12B farmers relief [View all]

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https://thegrio.com/2025/12/09/heres-why-black-farmers-likely-wont-see-benefits-of-trumps-12b-farmers-relief/

Here’s why Black farmers likely won’t see benefits of Trump’s $12B farmers relief

John Boyd, president and founder of the National Black Farmers Association, also decried the Trump White House not inviting Black farmers to Monday's roundtable.

By GERREN KEITH GAYNOR
DEC 9, 2025

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While farmers welcome the economic relief, Black farmers, none of whom were invited to the White House’s Monday roundtable, are likely to see little of the benefits due to cultural and historical barriers.

“That’s not going to help farmers like myself, who need help now. And many Black farmers aren’t going to get this,” John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, told theGrio after Monday’s announcement. “This stuff is really more money for large-scale white farmers, point blank, and Black farmers ain’t gonna get a dime…it’s not targeted for us in the first place.”

Boyd, who represents 150,000 Black farmers nationwide, explained that, due to institutional barriers and cultural mistrust Black farmers have of the federal government as a result of decades of racial discrimination, most Black farmers do not report their acreage to the USDA, which is part of the requirement to receive the latest $12 billion relief.

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