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USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program disproportionality funds industrial agriculture practices over real conservation practices

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) sheds light on how one U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), allocates funds and highlights the disproportionate level of funding received by industrial agriculture practices.

Farm Bill 101: What the 2023 Farm Bill means for Minnesota

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IATP 2023 Farm Bill Submission

The following submission was submitted to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chair Debbie Stabenow & Ranking Member John Boozman on Friday, March 17, 2023. 

[Watch] Farm Bill 101: What the 2023 Farm Bill means for Minnesota

Watch the recording of the March 1, 2023 webinar above. Download the webinar slides here. 

Despite Improvements, Three in Four Farmers Turned Away from Federal Conservation Programs

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that roughly three in four farmers who applied to access critical government conservation programs in 2022

MinneAg 2023 Farm Bill Priorities

The MinneAg Network is housed at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and represents a collaboration of organizations.

After 2022 midterms, opportunities for progress shift from Congress to states, executive branch

Depending on which headlines you read, 2022’s midterm elections had different takeaways, including a worse than expected showing for Republicans, the ultimate flipping of the United States House from Democrats to Republicans, the drop-off in turnout among Democrats in New York, California and Florida, and resounding Democratic successes in places like Michigan, Minnesota and P

Payments for Pollution: How federal conservation programs can better benefit farmers and the environment

Conservation Reserve Program food price letter to USDA

Appetite For Change, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake Counties Farmers Union (Ohio), Climate Land Leaders - Sharing Our Roots, Compañeras Campesinas, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Environmental Working Group, Family Farm Defenders, Farm Aid, Farmworker Association of Florida, Food Insight Group, Georgia Organics, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Land Stewardship Project, League of Conservation Voters, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, MOSES - Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, National Center for Appropriate Technology, National Family Farm Coalition, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, National Wildlife Federation, National Young Farmers Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nebraska Wildlife Federation, Nourish Colorado, Rural Coalition, Rural Vermont, Union of Concerned Scientists

April 1st, 2022

Agriculture

Farm Bill

To read the full letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack delivered on March 31, 2022, please download a PDF of the letter.  Dear Mr. Secretary,

The New York Times took on the food system. Here’s what they missed.

The following op-ed was written for and published by Civil Eats. Republished here with permission. 