Mike Telford has been named the executive director of Iowa Farm Animal Care (IFAC), a unique coalition that includes veterinarians, animal behavior scientists and farmers committed to addressing Iowans’ questions regarding farm animal care.

Telford is taking the helm from Denny Harding, who helped launch IFAC four years ago. Harding says although just a handful of calls have come in since the inception of the program, each one is important, because IFAC is unique as an early...