Ag leaders push for FB issues

Members of the Iowa Farm Bureau Feder­ation’s (IFBF) Ag Lead­­ers program pushed for Congressional approval of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade and an end to waivers granted allowing refiners to avoid ethanol blending requirements during a visit last week with Iowa’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.

Paul Belzer, a Monroe County Farm Bureau member, said passage of the USMCA is critical to offset the effects of a slowing ag economy. In a meeting in Rep. Dave Loebsack’s office, he said the economic slowdown...