YOUR OPINION COUNTS! Farm Bureau’s policy development is a grassroots process that offers members the opportunity to voice their opinion about key issues. Completing this survey will help to establish Marshall County Farm Bureau’s resolutions. Those resolutions will come before the Iowa Farm Bureau Voting Delegates for further debate and formulation of policy for the Iowa Farm Bureau this upcoming year. Your input matters. Please complete this survey by Friday, May 23 and mail or drop off to Marshall County Farm Bureau in Marshalltown, 3205 S. 6th Street.

Marshall County Farm Bureau, Board of Directors & Policy Development Committee

2025 Opinionnaire

Accountability of Elected Officials (State)

Currently Iowa does not allow for recall elections to remove elected officials outside of court proceedings.

1. Should citizens be able to remove elected officials through a petition and recall election process?

______ Yes ______ No

Income Tax Exemption Parity (State)

2. Should all retired farmers, regardless of how their operation is organized for tax purposes, be eligible to receive the same treatment as retired individuals who elect to exclude their farm rental income from state income tax?

______ Yes ______ No

Payments for Carbon Intensity of Crops (National)

The carbon intensity (CI) of a crop is a measure of the carbon footprint assigned to the production of a bushel of grain. As currently structured, section 45Z of the Inflation Reduction Act, also known as the Clean Fuel Production Credit, provides a tax credit for the domestic production of clean transportation fuels based on...