According to a report released this week by a public interest watchgroup, tens of thousands of black farmers have yet to see any of the compensation promised them by the U.S. Department of Agriculture five years ago in one of the federal government’s largest-ever racial bias settlements. A two-year probe by the Environmental Working Group and the National Black Farmers Association. found that the government had denied restitution to 81,000 out of 94,000 black farmers who sought compensation. The farmers, who were seeking payments for unequal treatment when they applied for loan programs and other aid, agreed to the settlement in 1999.