When the Meier family was ready to add more cattle to the family’s farm near Clarinda, they called the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) for their expertise.

"There’s a lot of things we thought we knew, but when the coalition came down for a site visit we really learned a lot," said Curtis Meier, a Page County Farm Bureau member. Meier farms with his son, Michael, and son-in-law, Kevin Coston, near Clarinda.

Last week, the...