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USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Ga. Senators Warnock and Ossoff and House Rep. Sanford Bishop announced $4 billion in direct payments to Black farmers to help them clear back debts from USDA loans. The move is a recognition of generations of inequity in farm lending.
Credit: Adrian Sainz, AP