With Iowa agriculture facing challenges that could adversely affect farm profitability for decades, it’s critical for Farm Bureau members to speak up about renewable fuels, promoting free trade and continuing support for young farmers, Craig Hill, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) said last week.

“Farm Bureau needs to raise its collective voice. We need to get loud and speak for our policy goals and objectives,” Hill said in his address to voting delegates and others as he kicked off the IFBF Summer Policy Conference in West Des Moines. “We stand for something that America can be proud of: American...