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US election results pose threats to fair food and trade systems, climate efforts

MINNEAPOLIS — The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy anticipates that the incoming Trump Administration will pose immediate and serious threats to our food and trade systems, relations with international partners and efforts to slow harms caused by climate change.

A Just Transition for European farming in sight?

In January, it was hard to imagine how European agriculture would ever balance the needs of farmers, consumers and the planet. Tractors were blocking motorways in protests across the continent. Yet, as the fall colors take over the landscape, the picture is quite different today.

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.

Climate change poses risks to global cereal production and trade

MINNEAPOLIS—Out today, a new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) sheds light on the pressing climate challenges facing global cereal production and trade, with a focus on maize (corn), rice and wheat, which together account for over 60% of global food calories. The

Rapidly changing climate risks the future of global cereal production and agriculture trade

IATP’s new report, Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major food producing countries: An analysis of cereals production and trade flows, highlights the risks of climate change for import dependent and major food producing countries, with a special look at the impact o

IATP Comment on the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Trade Track

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) is pleased to comment on this Request for Comments on the Trade Track of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP). IATP is a 37-year-old Minnesota-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Berlin, Germany.

Petition for Rulemaking Related to USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program

The following petition was sent on July 10, 2024 to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. Dear Secretary Vilsack,

Tracking climate accountability

The pressure is mounting for corporations to be transparent about their contribution to the climate crisis. Legal actions against major livestock companies for false climate claims are on the rise, with the New York Attorney General suing the world’s largest meat producer JBS for misleading consumers about the company’s net-zero plans as the most recent example.

House Farm Bill falls short on climate, competition, community food systems

After much anticipation, the House of Representatives released a Farm Bill, nearly eight months behind schedule.

NSAC Comments on the Fiscal Year 25 CSAF List

The following comment was sent to Deputy Chief, Science and Technology Noller Herbert and National Climate Coordinator Dana Ashford-Kornburger of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture on March 15, 2024.  Deputy Chief Herbert and Coordinator Ashford-Kornburger,