Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds laid out her agenda for the 2024 Iowa legislative session last week during her annual “Condition of the State” address. The 2024 session began Jan. 8 and is scheduled to end April 16.

Among agriculture issues, the governor proposed enhancing foreign agricultural land ownership protections by providing additional enforcement and transparency. 

“Iowa has some of the strongest laws in the country on foreign ownership of land — in fact, other...