Publication archives

Sep 12, 2023

New merger guidelines could put the brakes on corporate agriculture

by
Ben Lilliston
In January, U.S.
two trucks on plant field
Sep 12, 2023

IATP Comment to the FTC and DOJ on Draft Merger Guidelines

by
Ben Lilliston
The following comment was submitted to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on September 8, 2023 regarding the FTC-2023-0043-0001 Draft Merger Guidelines. 
Sep 11, 2023

Supreme Court may decide if market manipulation on U.S. exchanges is illegal

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
On August 28, IATP co-filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief with Better Markets and the Consumer Federation of America to the U.S. Supreme Court.
US Supreme Court
Sep 6, 2023

Feeding big agribusiness, starving Africans

The following opinion was originally published by Al Jazeera on September 4, 2023. 
tractor in senegal
Sep 6, 2023

False alarms over Mexico’s GM-corn restrictions

fieldworker harvesting corn
Sep 6, 2023

U.S. trade dispute on genetically modified corn on shaky ground

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
ear of maize in mexico
Sep 6, 2023

The Farm Bill Uprooted Episode Five: Insecure

by
Lilly Richard
The Farm Bill shapes our food and farm system in the U.S., and, through the Nutrition Title, helps millions of Americans afford food. But with nutrition assistance programs like SNAP vulnerable to cuts, and rural food access weakened by decades of corporate consolidation, how well is the Farm Bill really serving eaters?
The Farm Bill Uprooted
Aug 30, 2023

Amicus curiae brief for Laydon v. Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., No. 23-80

The following amicus curiae brief was filed by Better Markets, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) on August 28, 2023, urging the Supreme Court to review and reverse a lower court decision that dramatically limited protections against manipulation in the commodity markets, in the case of Laydon v.