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But not long after he secured his farm in 2015, Batten said, he began experiencing problems with the bank

But not long after he secured his farm in 2015, Batten said, he began experiencing problems with the bank

“We would like for the judge to hear directly from our member farmers how much the delayed implementation of Section 1005 is impacting them. I don’t think that’s something that is realized in a real way. This will cause farm and land loss for many of the farmers as well as the declarants involved in our motion to intervene,” said Briar Blakley, a spokesperson for the Federation.

It’s a rare move for the advocacy group. If its motion is granted, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives would become an equal party to the suit, making them co-defendants in the case. This means they would be able to participate in discovery, securing evidence and verbal or written statements from witnesses to present in court.

“The decisions that [USDA] made not to appeal were strategic,” said Dania Davy, director of land retention and advocacy at the Federation. “Our situation, being an association of cooperatives and having a membership that’s predominantly Black farmers, gives us the opportunity to have a lot more access to a lot more evidence through our members’ experiences than [USDA] would be privy to, necessarily.Read More »But not long after he secured his farm in 2015, Batten said, he began experiencing problems with the bank