Farmers in Iowa and around the country have a lot at stake as Congress pivots away from health care and begins to focus on reforming the nation’s tax code, an American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) tax specialist said last week.

Farmers would see significant benefits if Congress revised the current federal income tax system to be fairer and more equitable, said Pat Wolff, AFBF senior director of congressional relations. There appears to be growing momentum to permanently end the estate tax, or death tax,...