An Iowa Farm Bureau-led group of 79 businesses and agricultural organizations, small businesses, food companies, man­­ufacturers, chambers of com­­merce and others urged swift passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in a letter sent last week to members of Iowa’s congressional delegation.

“The trade deal is essential to farmers, businesses and fam­ilies and provides economic pre­­dictably that Iowa needs for the future,” the group said in its letter to Iowa’s congressional delegation. “This new trade agreement not only locks in the market opportunities previously developed with our North American neighbors, but it also ...