Iowa’s Grain Indemnity Fund needs to be modernized to adequately protect farmers placed at risk by a grain elevator failure, Farm Bureau members told legislators last week at the Iowa Capitol.

More than 130 Farm Bureau members from across the state visited face-to-face with their legislators during the annual statehouse visit to build support for the organization’s key issues. In addition to the indemnity fund, the members asked lawmakers to enhance landowner protections and restore the capital gains deduction for breeding livestock.

The...