Reports | IATP

Third Crop Opportunities in the Blue Earth River Basin

Proceedings of the conference held in Fairmont, Minnesota on February 7 and 23.

United States Dumping on World Agricultural Markets

The first in a series of publications from IATP that examine the issues facing the WTO at the Cancun Ministerial. The report looks at the cost of production of corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and rice, and compares the cost to the price at which these commodities are sold on international markets.

Poultry on Antibiotics: Hazards to Human Health

The first study to examine brand-name poultry products prominent in grocery stores for the presence of multiple antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including resistance to important antibiotics relied upon to treat human infections like Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), Synercid, and Tetracycline. This report is a joint effort by the Sierra Club and IATP.  

Trade, Agriculture and Climate Change

As the world's nations consider strategies to tackle climate change, little attention has been given to the intersection of energy intensive industrial agriculture and global distribution systems combined with trade agreements.

Impacts of Agriculture on Water Quantity in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

Growing water uses in the basin, combined with climate change, population growth, land use and other changes, will lead to a combination of decreasing water availability and placing an ever increasing value on fresh water. This report outlines a research agenda for agriculture, trade and water quantity management in the Great Lakes-St.

Impacts of Agriculture on Water Quantity in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

A research agenda for assessing water quantity issues for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin system

Managing the Invisible Hand

Report examining the weaknesses of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture and how it will not succeed in helping farmers and economic development until it addresses the market power held by transnational corporations. The full report, Executive Summary and press release are below.

Review of the Revised Grain Traffic Forecasts Used in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers? Upper Mississippi River/Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study, A

In April 1997, Jack Faucett Associates (JFA) submitted a report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) that provided freight traffic forecasts to 2050 for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway. The forecasts were used as inputs into a benefit-cost model that evaluates and prioritizes capital improvement proposals for the rivers.

Mississippi River Navigation: Helping the Midwest Compete with South American Soybeans?

This paper assesses the international soybean market and how the race to capture new international markets has impacted U.S. farmers and rural communities.