John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA), is accusing the Biden administration of going back on its promises given to minority farmers and not doing enough to assuage the challenges they are facing.
In an interview with NTD’s “Capitol Report,” Boyd criticized the administration for repealing a $4 billion debt relief program aimed at black farmers and other farmers of color. “We went from 120 percent debt forgiveness, which means 100 percent of your loan will be written off, and 20 percent to pay the taxes to some sort of loan modification. And the administration broke his promise … The president failed to do what he promised to America’s black and other farmers of color,” he said….