Black Farmers Settlement Payments 2024. Of the $1.2 billion, about $91 million was approved. The usda said it received 58,000 applications for discrimination financial assistance program payments from farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who.

The $2 billion program was created after a biden administration program that aimed to provide $4 billion of debt relief for black farmers was shut down amid lawsuits. Black farmers got $2 billion in usda payments to address discrimination in farm loans.