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Tom Vilsack: the U.S. department of agriculture was set to payoff farm loans of nearly 13,000 black, Hispanic, indigenous and other…

On the recordMay 23, 2021
the U.S. department of agriculture was set to payoff farm loans of nearly 13,000 black, Hispanic, indigenous and other ranchers.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Announcement of loan payoffs for minority farmers as part of civil rights victory.

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