Following today’s Senate Agriculture Committee vote to advance its draft Farm Bill to the Senate floor, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released the following statement:

On June 22, 2026, the

Congress has a chance to help families like mine leave synthetic fertilizers behind and start building healthy soils.

IRA freeze and DOGE cuts limit farmer access to popular conservation programs. The on-farm conservation programs EQIP and CSP provide vital support for farmers to increase resilience and improve envir...

The policy package now faces a murky path forward in the Senate after years of stalled negotiations.

In a letter submitted today, NSAC and hundreds of agriculture stakeholders are urging the House to reject the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, arguing it fails to support farmers amid gr...

As USDA is cutting programs that support sustainability and market access for smaller farmers, the Department has made a series of changes to crop insurance subsidies mostly benefiting large commodity...

A new statewide survey has shed light on the impact during the past year of immigration enforcement on farms and farmworkers in California.

Newly released records show a US citizen was shot and killed in Texas by a federal immigration agent last year during a late-night traffic encounter that was not publicly disclosed by the Department o...

The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...

Since 2021, EQIP contracts for "climate-smart" practices have increased above general practices in all 12 Midwest states with help from IRA funding  Summary

President Donald Trump inaugurated his government’s massive ICE operation targeting Somali-Americans in Minnesota in early December by calling the entire

A workforce database shows the effect of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink federal staffing at the Agriculture Department.

While we work nationally and internationally, IATP is deeply rooted in our home state of Minnesota and our city of Minneapolis, where we have been based since our founding nearly 40 years ago.

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This report takes a close look at the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a farmer-focused conservation cost-share program. In the report, we examine the agricultural practices that EQIP ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration announced a $12 billion farmer bailout package today, created to soften the blow of diminished export markets due to the administration’s own chaotic trade polic...

Apart from Minnesota’s biting cold this week, one complication in Trump’s plan to deport Somalis from Minnesota through immigration enforcement is that the vast majority of Americans and Minnesotans o...

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Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced a deal with China that would open up trade on precious minerals, lower tariffs, and increase agricultural purchases.

The government shutdown halted payments to farmers who participated in conservation programs. Even though the government has reopened, farmers may still face delays in receiving their funds.

The appropriations bill passed Wednesday contains several provisions that could impact the agency’s plans to move staff and close field offices.