Agriculture

The Complicated Challenge of Protecting Peru's Forests

Agricultural commodity exports are driving deforestation around the world, spurred by consumer demand and directed by enormous agribusiness and finance interests.

Speaking on Factory Farms

The Congressional staffer moved up in their chair and looked up from the notepad with a quizzical expression. These farmers were asking for more regulation of the meat industry? They didn’t like factory farming and what it was doing to rural communities? And they wanted the government to stop subsidizing this factory farm system for livestock and dairy?

How to Fight a Factory Farm Episode One: Raising a Stink

What is a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), and what does it mean that nearly all farm animals in the U.S. are now raised in them? Independent family farmers and rural communities are facing the brunt of these consequences, but they're not going to take it lying down.

Comments to the USDA on the implementation of the SUSTAINS Act

The following comments were submitted to the U.S.

Hay’s in the field and a storm is brewing: Another year without a new Farm Bill?

You can’t make hay unless the sun is shining. If the Farm Bill is hay, and the sunshine is time left in Congress’s schedule, then the sunshine is waning for a new Farm Bill to be passed before the current bill’s Sept. 30 expiration date.

Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major food producing countries

This paper provides an analysis of how current and projected climate change risks are affecting production and trade by the major cereal producers, exporters and importers in international markets. We focus on maize (corn), rice and wheat, which together account for the largest share of global food staples and over 60% of global food calories. 

IATP comment on the Bunge-Viterra merger

IATP Europe sent the following comment to the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition on July 12, 2024. Dear Mr. Loriot,

Respecting rights in the USMCA corn dispute

The trade dispute over Mexico’s restrictions on genetically engineered (GE) corn and glyphosate, a pesticide that GE corn is designed to resist, recently entered a new phase. The dispute is turning from the governments’ submissions and rebuttals to a dialogue with the panelists who will ultimately decide the case.

Comment to USDA on Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Land Stewardship Project, Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Food and Water Watch and the National Family Farm Coalition welcome the opportunity to respond to the USDA’s request for information for a proposed Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program.

USMCA panel hearing on GM corn and glyphosate restrictions to be held this week

MINNEAPOLIS—The next phase of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute regarding Mexico's regulations on genetically modified (GM) corn and glyphosate enters a pivotal stage with a public hearing scheduled for June 26 and 27 in Mexico City (9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mexico City time).