With domestic crop and livestock markets slumping and competitors pushing into export markets traditionally served by American farmers, it’s critical that Congress quickly approves the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP, Iowa Farm Bureau members emphasized last week in meetings with members of the Iowa Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.

"We are really struggling now and I think TPP would give us a needed boost," Audubon County Farm Bureau member T.J. Wiemann said during the visits to meet lawmakers during the Iowa Farm Bureau...