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12/17/07 - Senate Votes to Reopen Black Farmers' Lawsuit See below to view coverage
 
 
 
 
 
 
  WAAYTV.com
  AL.com
12/14/07 - Black Farmers Bill Passed in Senate
12/12/07 - NBFA President John Boyd to Rally in Raleigh NC
12/06/07 - Halifax County Farm Auctioned in Spite of Protest
12/05/07 - Press Release: Boyd Calls Halt to Sale
12/04/07 - Obama Town Hall Forum on Rural America
11/21/07 - Black Farmers Await Senate Action
11/19/07 - NBFA featured in Obama's Townhall in Kingstree
10/11/07 - Bill Would Allow Black Farmers to Seek Claims
10/09/07 - Obama Could Win Southern Votes
10/08/07 - Obama Informs Bush of USDA Disenfranchisement
10/07/07 - Looking Back on 8 Decades of Growing Tobacco...
09/19/07 - As Champion of Black Farmers, Obama...
09/04/07 - Black Farmer Information Session Sept 21-22
  USDA Workers Grilled
08/22/07 - John Boyd Featured in Jet Magazine (pic)
08/21/07 - Congress Addresses USDA Email
08/15/07 - USDA Agency Launches Lobbying Email Inquiry
08/14/07 - Pigford Compromise
  Letter from Senator Barack Obama
  USDA Correspondence
08/09/07 - Show Support for Bill 1989
08/08/07 - Attorney Warns US Agriculture Dept. Employees
  USDA Employees Get Warning
  Agency Warns Against Emails
  USDA Agency Launches Inquiry
  Agency Warns Against Emails
  Farmers Alarmed Over Lobbying Effort
08/07/07 - Defying Federal Law USDA Employees Lobby
07/30/07 - Black Farmers May Get New Bid for Compensation
  See Also WRIC 8 Richmond
    KATC 3 Lafayette
    The Houma Courier 
07/27/07 - Bills to Assist Black Farmers Move Forward
07/25/07 - House Agriculture Committe's Bill Locks Inequity
  Click Here for Full NBFA EWG Joint Report
07/25/07- Fiscal Conservatives, Environmentalists, Faith
07/24/07 - Media Advisory Press Release
07/23/07 - Bills to Assist Black Farmers
07/21/07 - Minority Farmers Still Shortchanged, Study Shows
07/20/07 - Study Shows Black Farmers are Shut Out
  See Also
    WDBJ 7 Roanoke
07/19/07 - NBFA Retainer Form Click to Download
07/19/07 - House Judiciary Holds Markup on HR3073
06/25/07 - Black Farmers Still Looking for Justice
06/21/07 - Democrats want to give Black Farmers


See Also WFTV Orlando
    WDBJ 7 Roanoke
    Dems Want to Reopen Black Farms
06/19/07 - House Judiciary Committee to Hold Historic Black
05/31/07 - NBFA Statement regarding Monsanto Decision
05/31/07 - US Allows Monsanto-Delta Deal with Conditions
05/31/07 - Monsanto Acquisition of Cotton Seed Co. Gets Ok
05/25/07 - Opponents to Monsanto/Delta deal await DOJ ruling
05/18/07 - Grassley Previews Next Farm Bill
05/08/07 - Boyd Objects to Smithfield Merger
05/05/07 - John Boyd Named Ebony's 100 Influential People
05/04/07 - Statement of the Department of Justice Antitrust Div.
04/20/07 - US Farmer Sues Wheat Exporter
04/19/07 - US Farmer Sues Australian Wheat Exporter
04/18/07 - Wheat Fight
04/17/07 - US farmers, shareholders sue AWB for $150m
04/06/07 - USDA Report on the State of Civil Rights
04/06/07 - Issues for the Coalition to Address with Honorable McKay
03/02/07 - Farm Groups Fight Pending Monsanto/Delta Merger
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