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Greetings Farmers and Ranchers and Member and
Allied Organizations,
Farmers and ranchers continue to be impacted by the
halt in Debt Repayments for BIPOC Farmers and Ranchers under the
American Rescue Plan (ARP). If you or members of your
organization remain stuck lacking this critical relief - still
frozen in the courts - without clarity on what they should do to
keep their loans current or to access additional credit they may
need to keep farming, we are working to provide the most current
information and answer any questions possible.
Please join us for an important zoom call for
farmers and ranchers who were informed they were eligible to
receive debt payments under ARP, on Monday, June 27th at 5pm
ET. We will be joined by attorneys Stephen Carpenter and
his colleagues from the Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG) who
will provide information on the status of the frozen ARP debt
payments. They will also present guidance on what happens next
with the loans that farmers and ranchers have with USDA.
We are working closely with FLAG on a
Comprehensive Guide for Farmers and Ranchers with relevant
information on the lawsuits that have halted payments, on the
rights farmers and ranchers have as they navigate options to keep
loans current, and what options they have to protect their
rights. We ask that you come prepared to share any
questions, concerns, or comments you might have, which will also
help to inform the Guide. If you have any questions to share
before the zoom call, please email them to Dr. Kenesha Reynolds
at Kenesha@ruralco.org.
We urge the organizations and producers receiving
this message to share this invitation and the meeting link with
other farmers and ranchers who need this information.
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June 27,
2022 05:00 PM ET
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