Month: September 2023

On July 7, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) was open. FLAG has created a brief Guide and a longer Guide to this program. This third edition of the brief guide highlights two extended deadlines: Deadline for farmers to apply for the program is […]

On July 7, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP). The Program, which was created by Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act, makes $2.2 billion available for “discrimination financial assistance” to farmers who can show that they experienced discrimination in USDA Farm Loan Programs. FLAG […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on September 22, 2023 that the deadline to apply for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) has been extended to January 13, 2024, to give eligible farmers, ranchers and forest landowners more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was October 31, 2023.  In addition to the application deadline […]