“There should absolutely be no federal dollars going anywhere just based on race,” says Wisconsin dairy farmer Adam Faust, one of five farmers suing federal officials for what they view as racial discrimination.
(Photo: Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty)
MADISON, Wis.—Christopher Baird owns a dairy farm near Ferryville in southwest Wisconsin, not far from the Mississippi River. He milks about 50 cows and farms approximately 80 acres of pasture.
Like a lot of farmers, Baird has direct loans through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency.
But the dairy farmer isn’t entitled to a new FSA loan-forgiveness program provided as part of COVID-19 relief in the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, legislation touted Wednesday night by President Joe Biden in his address to Congress.