Statewide Iowa (RI) – The two Iowans who serve on the House Agriculture Committee say farmers need congress to complete action on Farm Bill provisions as soon as possible.
Republican Randy Feenstra of Hull represents Iowa’s fourth congressional district. It’s considered the second-most ag-intensive district in the U.S. House with nearly 30,000 farms and other businesses that generated over $22 billion worth of ag sales in 2023.
Unresolved elements of the last Farm Bill, passed in 2018, were extended in this month’s funding package that reopened the federal government. However, Feenstra says some key trade promotion elements were included in this summer’s legislation.
Republican Zach Nunn of Bondurant, Iowa’s third district congressman, says while congress delivered over $60 billion for critical Farm Bill programs this summer, Iowa farmers need certainty and he’s pushing GOP leaders to move a full, five-year Farm Bill.
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