Modernizing Iowa’s Grain Indemnity Fund to reflect present-day grain prices and crop production by increasing the fund’s size and producers’ claim coverage gathered strong support from voting delegates at the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation’s (IFBF) 2023 Summer Policy Conference in West Des Moines last week.

Delegates likewise affirmed their support that grain sold under a credit sale contract should be covered by the Grain Indemnity Fund.

County Farm Bureau voting delegates also approved policy allowing emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) ground without penalty when in severe (D2) drought status or worse. 

In addition, delegates adopted policy in support of holding farmers and landowners harmless for damages or claims if “forever chemicals,” also known as PFAS or perfluoroalkyl ...