Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

An Update from Minneapolis: What’s going on, and how you can help

While we work nationally and internationally, IATP is deeply rooted in our home state of Minnesota and our city of ...
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USDA funding freeze is latest in string of federal attacks on Minnesota programs

The announcement continues a concerning trend of partisanship within the USDA, hurting its credibility and harming our ...
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Companies: dominating the market from farm to display case

Read the full Meat Atlas 2021: Facts and figures about the animals we eat, by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friends of the Earth Europe and BUND. The following is an excerpt contributed by IATP. Global ...
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Farmer bailout package is a quick fix that fails to address systemic issues

MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration announced a $12 billion farmer bailout package today, created to soften the blow of diminished export markets due to the administration’s own chaotic trade ...
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Feeding Climate Change: A scoring of major meat and dairy companies’ climate-related risk and emissions reporting

As the world hurtles toward climate tipping points, few sectors of the global economy sit more squarely at the crossroads of vulnerability and responsibility than agriculture. Extreme weather events ...
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The trade-off of a shrinking cattle herd: higher prices, lower emissions

The U.S. cattle herd is the smallest it's been in 70 years. In June, the price of ground beef rose over $6, the highest since the government started tracking in 1980. A smaller cattle herd has led to ...
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IATP Europe comments on the EU’s next long-term budget

Society needs to transition to more sustainable, resilient and agroecological food systems in the coming decades, so that we grow healthy and nutritious food in a way that respects animals and nature, ...
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IATP Europe input to the public consultation on the EU’s next long-term budget

The following comments were submitted by IATP Europe to the European Commission (EC) in April 2025 in response to two surveys on implementing EU funding with Member States and regions and the ...
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Aligning deforestation-free supply chain initiatives

Download the PDF version here. The current upheaval in trade, climate and other international policies, due in large part to abrupt changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy imposed by the Trump ...
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Local USDA offices in the crosshairs

Across the United States, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) local service centers provide essential person-to-person resources for farmers and rural landowners. Loans, grants and conservation ...
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Corporate Climate Disclosure Rules: A Global Overview

The landscape of corporate climate-related disclosure — which includes reporting on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate risks, and measures taken in response — is changing rapidly. A few years ago ...