The Farm Bureau “grassroots” policy development process begins with you. Please take a few minutes and complete our 2025 opinionnaire and either mail it to the office or drop it off by July 1st. Your opinion on these issues that are important to agriculture are important to Farm Bureau.

2025 Clinton County 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 reductions in CI below current industry average values. Reductions in the CI of fuel feedstocks can be achieved using low carbon intensity crop production practices. Tax credits under 45Z are provided to the fuel producer, and reductions in CI of feedstock ...