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 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized a rule eliminating race- and gender-based preferences in its programs ...

The Trump administration says the "socially disadvantaged" designation is no longer needed because "past discrimination has ...

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 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 ...

The US Department of Agriculture’s Equity Commission presented nearly 70 recommendations Thursday that the agency hopes will “further advance equity at USDA” and help resolve longstanding ...

Jewel Bronaugh, the No. 2 person at the US Department of Agriculture and the first Black woman in the position, will leave the department on Tuesday after a two-year tenure in which she led agency ...