Grain Indemnity Fund gets long-awaited update. Livestock disease preparedness, ISU vet funding expanded.

A bill modernizing Iowa’s Grain Indemnity Fund was among legislation approved last week in the waning hours of the 2025 Iowa legislative session.

The Legislature adjourned shortly after 6 a.m. on May 15 after working through the previous day and night to pass several policy bills and all 11 appropriations bills that make up the...