USDA taking requests for settlement information for female, Hispanic farmers

WASHINGTON — In an attempt to end the discrimination cases that female and Hispanic farmers have brought against the Agriculture Department, the federal government has begun accepting requests for settlement information. But a lawyer for the Hispanic farmers has filed another case, and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked March 22 for a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on civil rights practices at USDA.

By: Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek