Farm Bureau members from across Iowa visited Washington last week to share personal stories and bring up important agricultural issues — including concerns about the reference price for corn and soybeans, the use of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to take highly productive land out of production, California’s Proposition 12 (Prop 12) animal welfare law  and the development of a new farm bill — with their senators and representatives.

The trip was the culmination of nearly a year of education for the 2023 class of Iowa Farm Bureau Federation’s (IFBF) Ag Leaders Institute, which ...