House budget bill slashes anti-hunger and rural programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy

MINNEAPOLIS — The House of Representatives is set to vote on a budget reconciliation bill this week that damages rural economies and livelihoods while cutting taxes for large corporations and the wealthy. The bill, which was shoved through the House Budget Committee on Sunday night, includes massive cuts to programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which a

Brazilian perspectives on the EUDR, the Cerrado, and respect for family farmers, Indigenous people, and community rights

This policy brief outlines the implications of the EUDR for the protection of Brazilian family farmers, Indigenous peoples and local communities living in and adjacent to forests and the importance of including the Cerrado biome in the regulation, in accordance with demands from Brazilian civil society organizations.

IATP Europe input to the public consultation on the EU’s next long-term budget

The following comments were submitted by IATP Europe to the European Commission (EC) in April 2025 in response to two surveys on implementing EU funding with Member States and regions

Aligning deforestation-free supply chain initiatives

This article outlines some key elements of the EUDR and compares it with deforestation prevention proposals emerging in other importing countries.

Trump’s tariffs threaten to increase costs, drive down prices for farmers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump announced more extreme tariffs today, including against some of the U.S.’s major agriculture export trading partners. Counter-tariffs are widely expected to hit U.S. agricultural exports hard.

Trade panel rules against food sovereignty, Indigenous rights and biodiversity

In the USMCA dispute regarding Mexico's measures against glyphosate and GM corn, the dispute panel released its final report on Dec. 20, 2025. It found against Mexico on every claim it took up, relied on the U.S. version of most disputed facts, invoked questionable science, and enunciated an overly broad definition of trade effects.

IATP input to the 2025 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance of the UNFCCC

The Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) was established at the COP-16 in 2010 to assist the UNFCCC-COP in exercising its functions in relation to the Financial Mechanism of the Convention.

IATP comments regarding the update to Minnesota’s Climate Action Framework

The following comments were submitted to the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board on Jan. 28, 2025.

New Paint on Old Barns

This report examines the strategies of 14 meat and dairy companies and four agricultural input companies supplying fertilizer, pesticides, seeds and feed, focusing on two elements: the potential to deliver genuine emissions reductions and the support provided to farmers to make this transition happen.

Trump Turns Back on Farmers, Rural Communities by Withdrawing from Climate Agreement

MINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement once again is a blow to farmers and rural communities already battling with increasingly extreme weather linked to climate change, said the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).