This report examines 2022 EQIP spending and finds that a sizable chunk of EQIP dollars are spent on expensive practices that are not resilient and may in fact make the climate crisis worse.
MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) sheds light on how one U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), allocates funds and highlights the disproportionate level of funding received by industrial agriculture practices.
The following submission was submitted to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chair Debbie Stabenow & Ranking Member John Boozman on Friday, March 17, 2023.
MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that roughly three in four farmers who applied to access critical government conservation programs in 2022
