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Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 12, 2025 : Thomas Burrell, president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association Press Conference

Black farmers take a significant step forward as the Trump administration responds to their decision to opt out of the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program

Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 12, 2025: Thomas Burrell, president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, hosted a press conference on Friday, highlighting the bias in President Donald Trump's Farmer Bridge Assistant Program, which currently has limitations excluding tobacco, sugar cane, peanut, pork, and livestock farmers, many of whom are Black farmers.

While funding is available for farmers growing soybeans, wheat, barley, corn, and other commodities, a farmer has to be currently farming to receive the money. 

President Burrell plans to have the Association’s attorneys file an injunction against the Trump administration to stop Congress from disbursing the funds until Congress and the Judiciary Committees can have a hearing regarding the program. 

“ The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association has noted its support for federal and state assistance efforts targeting farmers,” commented President Burrell. “We maintain that the Farmer Bridge Assistance Fund program's structure falls short in addressing long-standing inequities.”

Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2025: Cane Creek Baptist Church and Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association (BFAA)Meeting

Hundreds of Black farmers empowered to take a stand, lay out visionary demands after court ruling, undeterred by setback as appeal unfolds

Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2025: In a powerful demonstration of unity and resilience, over 200 Black farmers and descendants from across the country gathered at Cane Creek Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn., to receive a pivotal update from Thomas Burrell, President of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association (BFAA), after the judge’s ruling in the landmark discrimination lawsuit against the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio recently. It denied Black farmers their constitutional rights to file “legacy claims” on behalf of a deceased relatives in the $2.2 billion dollar Inflation Reduction Act. The association is taking a significant step towards justice and equality by filing an En banc appeal so all of the judges can have a uniform decision in the case. 

“It decided and made a decision to deny the sons and daughters, the heirs of Black farmers, to receive compensation,” said Thomas Burrell, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association. “Our attorneys are filing an En banc appeal so all of the judges in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals can hear the case.”