Publication archives

Sep 9, 2020

Don’t grant global meat corporations immunity, hold them accountable for COVID-19 failures

by
Ben Lilliston
As the Senate reconvenes this week, a lobbying blitz to grant corporations special immunity protection is ramping up. Global meat companies are helping lead the charge, and it’s easy to see why.
The Meaty Side of Climate Change
Sep 9, 2020

US agricultural finance for climate resilience

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Climate change is a daily presence in the work of farmers, ranchers and farmworkers. In 2018, primary agricultural production (and forestry) accounted for about 10.5% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and offset about 11.6% of all U.S.
Flooded corn field
Sep 8, 2020

Agricultural Finance for Climate Resilience

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
U.S. agricultural financial policy and institutions, both public and private, have not yet adapted to climate change. Instead, Congress responds to more frequent extreme weather events with larger and increasingly frequent ad hoc disaster payments and increasing subsidies for private crop insurance from taxpayer funds. These short-term responses are not sustainable fiscally, economically or environmentally. 
Tractor in a dry, dusty field
Sep 1, 2020

Senate releases climate policy report — what does it say about agriculture?

by
Tara Ritter
Earlier this summer, the House of Representatives released a long-awaited report charting a policy path on climate change. Last week, the Senate released its own set of ideas.
California farm
Aug 28, 2020

[WATCH] NSAC Farmer Climate Letter Delivery

More than 2,000 farmers across the country, including over 100 farmers in Minnesota, have signed onto a letter organized by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, of which IATP is a member. The letter calls for federal action on climate change, which is impacting farmers in the form of extreme temperatures, precipitation, drought and storms.
NSAC video
Aug 26, 2020

CFTC proposes allowing self-regulation of automated trading

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Imagine that you are a large institutional investor with billions of dollars to invest. Would you keep your money in the stock market, whose record high prices are fueled by an unprecedented amount of cheap money provided to Wall Street by the Federal Reserve System? Would you buy bonds, whose skyrocketing prices are likewise driven by Fed largesse?
Rancher with cattle in Hawaii
Aug 24, 2020

Comment on the CFTC Principles of Electronic Trading

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (“IATP”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the above captioned NPRM. IATP last wrote to the Commission concerning electronic trading on May 1, 2017, regarding Regulation Automated Trading (“Reg AT”).   Overview   
Aug 20, 2020

[WEBINAR] Connecting Children With Local Foods and Farmers Through Summer Meal Programs

by
IATP
Watch the recording of the webinar above or on YouTube and upload the presentation slides. 
Farm to Summer