Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Farmer John Boyd Jr., poses for a portrait during a break from bailing hay at his farm in Boydton, Va., Thursday, May 27, 2021.

Aug. 23, 2002 — -- When John Boyd is not tending to his chickens, tobacco, grain and cattle at home in Mecklenberg County, Va., he's often working at his other job — fighting for the survival of ...

“Now we’re back to before the civil rights bill passed, in my definition,” said John Boyd Jr., founder of the National Black Farmers Association. Black farmers are bracing for the worst as the Trump ...

The Trump administration announced on Monday that American farmers will receive $12 billion in relief aid as they struggle to keep their farms afloat amid rising costs and a decline in markets. The ...

A Black farming leader erupted Sunday to correct a Trump "lie," all while exposing a purported "all-white" meeting held by ...

John W. Boyd Jr., the steadfast leader of the National Black Farmers Association, was in high spirits last December. President Barack Obama had just signed a bill authorizing $1.25 billion to settle a ...

John Boyd, president and founder of the National Black Farmers Association, also decried the Trump White House not inviting Black farmers to Monday’s roundtable. The Trump administration announced on ...

Black farmers are bracing for the worst as the Trump administration rolls back needed funding, including millions in grants that it has determined are “woke DEI propaganda.” “They’re really rolling ...