This week, minority farmers filed a class action suit against the U.S. government after being denied promised debt relief as part of a COVID-19 relief bill that passed in 2021. The suit comes as the USDA announces a rollout of an amended Inflation Reduction Act that allocates relief based on economic need instead of race. 

John Deere is assisting the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in addressing heirs’ property and with the Regional Heirs’ Property & Mediation Center.