Boyd's work for the NBFA has been chronicled by national media organizations including a Person of the Week profile on ABC World News Tonight,[2] The Washington Post,[3] and Roll Call newspaper which is influential on Capitol Hill.
Across the nation, black farmers alleged, and the USDA later agreed, they were denied access to loans and subsidies provided by the government.
[7] Since they were denied government loans, emergency or disaster assistance, and other aid, many black farmers lost their farms and their homes.
That year, representatives of the National Black Farmers Association met with President Bill Clinton and other administration officials at the White House.
[12] In Pigford v. Glickman U.S. Federal District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman approved the settlement agreement and consent decree in the case on April 14, 1999.
In 2006 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report highly critical of the USDA in its handling of the black farmers cases.
[23] In 2008 hundreds of black farmers, denied a chance to have their cases heard in the Pigford settlement, filed a new lawsuit against USDA.
[26] After numerous public rallies and an intensive NBFA member lobbying effort, Congress approved and President Barack Obama signed into law in December 2010 legislation that set aside $1.15 billion to resolve the outstanding Black farmers cases.
[28] On August 26, 2020, the National Black Farmers Association filed a lawsuit in a St. Louis court seeking to force Monsanto and its parent company Bayer to end the sale of Roundup.
[29] On July 3, 2024, the National Black Farmers Association called for the resignation of Tractor Supply's CEO after the company announced it would eliminate its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, as well as its climate advocacy efforts, following pressure from conservative activists.