Hearings on the 2018 farm bill are getting started sooner than expected, prompting the Iowa Farm Bureau to seek more information from its members about the changes they would like to see in the legislation, said Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) President Craig Hill, a Warren County farmer.

County Farm Bureau voting delegates will convene in a special policy session at the IFBF annual meeting Dec. 6-7 to provide guidance on their farm bill priorities.

Voting delegates adopted the rest of IFBF’s state and national policy recommendations at the organization’s ...