They paid people if they just stated they thought about being a farmer.
Paid off 94K "farmers", even thought usda never had more than 33K registered.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/2/usda-s-pigford-fraud/
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/breitbart-was-right-about-pigford-case/
It was outright fraud. Cost 4 billion dollars.
Originally for 2K farmers, paid off 90K.
It's disgusting.