Search

Your search keyword '"Black Farmers"' showing total 119 results
Start Over Descriptor "Black Farmers"

Refine your results

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »
119 results on '"Black Farmers"'

101. Final yield for farmers lawsuit.

Author

Allen, Freddie

Subjects
BLACK farmers, EMPLOYMENT discrimination, ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

The article informs that black farmers in the south will receive payments as a result of settlement of 1.2 billion dollars in discrimination case against federal agriculture officials and also mentions the statements of various agriculturists including John Boyd, Gary Grant and Tim Pigford.

Published
2013

102. Black U.S. farmers win landmark decision over USDA.

Subjects
BLACK farmers, RACE discrimination
Abstract

The article reports on a legal case between the National Black Farmers Association of America (NBFA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) related to discrimination against Black farmers by the USDA in granting funds, and the settlement approved by District Court Judge Paul Friedman.

Published
2011

103. Black Farmers Rally on Capitol Hill.

Author

Moreland Jr., C. K.

Subjects
PUBLIC demonstrations, BLACK farmers, ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

The article offers information on a peaceful march led by John Boyd, President of the National Black Farmers Association, in Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., to assure funding from the U.S. Congress for a discrimination settlement between black farmers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Published
2010

104. This Land is Our Land, Too.

Author

Reed, William

Subjects
UNITED States economy, 2009-2017, SLAVE labor, PLANTING machinery, AFRICAN Americans, BLACK farmers
Abstract

The author offers information on the U.S. as a capitalistic economy that has been founded on slave labor and at the back of African Americans. He mentions of contributions of African-Americans to the nation's agriculture and commerce including Henry Blair, a farmer and inventor of a seed and cotton planter. It also discusses data from the Census of Agriculture, that shows an increase in the number of Black farmers to 12 percent since 2007.

Published
2016

105. National Black Farmers Association Opens 2016 Scholarship Application Period.

Subjects
SCHOLARSHIP applications, BLACK farmers
Abstract

The article talks about the start of the period of 2016 scholarships applications from March 1-May 2, 2016 which is endorsed by the National Black Farmers Association, a non-profit organization representing African American farmers and their families in the U.S.

Published
2016

108. The changing face of South African agriculture.

Author

Harrigan, Jackie

Subjects
AGRICULTURE, BLACK farmers, LAND reform
Abstract

The article discusses how the agriculture system is being changed in the South Africa along with changed racial mix and mentions how the lands were taken away from black farmers and also mentions effect of land reform on the level of investment in land and farm infrastructure.

Published
2017

113. Black Farmers and Their Farms

Author

Banks, Vera J.

Subjects
Livestock Production/Industries, Black farmers, type of farm, Crop Production/Industries, value of agricultural products sold, Financial Economics, tenure status, income, age, farm operators, geographic distribution, employment, Farm Management, Labor and Human Capital, Land Economics/Use
Abstract

Black farmers represented less than 2 percent of the Nation's 2.2 million farmers in 1982, down from 14 percent in 1920; however, they represented 61 percent of all minority farmers. Black-operated farms continue to be heavily concentrated in the South. By 1982, more than 60 percent of all black farmers were full owners of their farms, compared with only 16 percent in 1930. The average black-operated farm has only about 100 acres compared with the national average of 440 acres. Most black farmers in 1982 specialized in livestock and cash grains; however, they were more likely than other farmers to rely on tobacco for their principal source of farm income. Almost a third of all black farmers were 65 or older. Less than a fifth of all farmers nationwide were that old.

Published
1986
Full Text
View/download PDF

114. Social and Economic Environment of Black Farmers

Author

Hoppe, Robert A., Bluestone, Herman, and Getz, Virginia K.

Subjects
poverty, metro areas, Livestock Production/Industries, Black farmers, Crop Production/Industries, economic growth, Financial Economics, Food Security and Poverty, South, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Farm Management, Labor and Human Capital, nonmetro areas, race
Abstract

Most black farmers live in slowly growing southern counties. The authors identified 342 counties with at least 25 black farmers each and four regions based on the most common commodity produced. Social and economic conditions of blacks varied considerably among the regions, but blacks always lagged behind whites. Poverty rates among blacks ranged from 56.3 percent in the Delta Crop region (parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) to 36.3 percent in the Atlantic Tobacco region (parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia). Unemployment among black adults ranged from 15.1 percent in the Delta Crop region to 8.9 percent in the East Texas Beef region (parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas). Growth in jobs between 1970 and 1980 ranged from 4.4 percent in the Delta Crop region to 29.9 percent in the East Texas Beef region.

Published
1986
Full Text
View/download PDF

115. Time Running Out to File Claim in Pigford II Black Farmers Discrimination Case.

Author

Zippert, John

Subjects
ACTIONS & defenses (Law), BLACK farmers, RACE discrimination
Abstract

The article presents information on filing a class action lawsuit related to Black farmers discrimination against the U. S. Department of Agriculture. According to Ralph Paige, executive director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, on March 30, 2012 there are only six weeks left in the 180 day claims period which ends May 11, 2012.

Published
2012

116. Black farmers protest US settlement in Memphis.

Subjects
BLACK farmers
Abstract

The article reports on the protest of the supporters of black farmers in the U.S. for a 1.2 billion dollars settlement for farmers who feel they were discriminated against by the Department of Agriculture from 1981-1996.

Published
2012

117. Black Farmers Settlement Approved.

Subjects
BLACK farmers
Abstract

The article reports on the government settlement with the black farmers on the claim related to the denial of loans and assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Published
2011

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results