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cbabe

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Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:39 PM Friday

Black farmers shut out of Trump White House farmers event: 'Why can't we be at the table?' [View all]

https://thegrio.com/2026/03/27/black-farmers-shut-out-of-trump-white-house-farmers-event-why-cant-we-be-at-the-table/

Black farmers shut out of Trump White House farmers event: ‘Why can’t we be at the table?’

As President Trump hails his administration's efforts to support farmers amid rising costs, Black farmers facing foreclosure continue to get the cold shoulder.

By
GERREN KEITH GAYNOR
MAR 27, 2026

President Donald Trump welcomed hundreds of farmers to the White House on Friday, in what the administration touted as a celebration of agriculture and American farm producers. On the South Lawn, decorated with a massive, obviously Trump-inspired gold tractor, the president hailed the event as the “single largest gathering of American farmers that the White House has ever seen.”

Noticeably missing from the crowd of farmers at the White House were the nation’s Black farmers, who have been repeatedly shut out of meetings and dialogue with the Trump administration, which has simultaneously eliminated several programs intended to address decades-long disparities impacting marginalized farmers at a time when many are facing foreclosures amid continued high costs in farm production, mortgages, and property taxes.

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