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Bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say

WASHINGTON — A little-known element of President Joe Biden’s massive stimulus relief package passed by the Senate on Saturday would pay billions of dollars to disadvantaged farmers — a provision that would benefit Black farmers in a way that some experts say no legislation has since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Of the $10.4 billion in the American Rescue Plan that would support agriculture, about half would go to disadvantaged farmers, according to estimates from the Farm Bureau, an industry organization.

 

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