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As the world hurtles toward climate tipping points, few sectors of the global economy sit more squarely at the crossroads of vulnerability and responsibility than agriculture. Extreme weather events ...

In 2015, at the 21 st U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP21), 195 countries around the world launched the Paris Agreement, an historic effort to save the planet, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and ...

The global livestock sector is estimated to be responsible for between 12% and 19% of total human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making it one of the world’s highest emitting sectors. This new ...

The U.S. cattle herd is the smallest it's been in 70 years. In June, the price of ground beef rose over $6, the highest since the government started tracking in 1980. A smaller cattle herd has led to ...

The Republican-led budget approved in late May after an all-night debate is a case study in backroom dealing and corporate influence. The House bill systematically made massive cuts that will kick ...

As the Trump administration announced new tariffs on major agriculture trading partners, media reports last week indicate that USDA Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will try to cushion the blow to ...

Across the United States, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) local service centers provide essential person-to-person resources for farmers and rural landowners. Loans, grants and conservation ...

Note: An earlier version of this article was published as part of a series of trade policy FAQs in 2019. Tariffs have been in the news a lot lately. It’s too soon to tell if President Donald Trump’s ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Civil society groups in the U.S., Mexico and Canada criticized a decision today announced by a dispute panel set up under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The panel ruled ...

The landscape of corporate climate-related disclosure — which includes reporting on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate risks, and measures taken in response — is changing rapidly. A few years ago ...

This paper provides an analysis of how current and projected climate change risks are affecting production and trade by the major cereal producers, exporters and importers in international markets. We ...