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Farmers Encourage Fuel Tax Increase:
February 1, 2012 1:00 am | 0 comments
Throughout the Iowa Soybean Association’s (ISA’s) fall District Policy Conferences, one issue surfaced again and again. Soybean farmers across the state are unified in their belief that rural roads and bridges have been neglected long enough. An...
 
Farm Bill Study Team Has Kept Busy
January 1, 2012 1:00 am | 0 comments
Every five years, the agriculture committees of the House and Senate are charged with negotiating and writing a new farm bill. About a year in advance agriculture groups across the country begin putting together their ideas and make their “best...
 
ISA’s Policy Process in Progress
November 1, 2011 12:00 am | 0 comments
Fall is a busy time in the Iowa Soybean Association’s (ISA’s) policy process.The first step of ISA’s policy development process for 2012 was the mailing of the annual ISA Policy Survey to about 3,100 policy members in August.Nearly 400 members, or...
 
District Changes Point to Increased Urban Representation
September 27, 2011 8:33 am | 0 comments
Earlier this year, the Iowa Legislature adopted new maps for Iowa’s Congressional and Legislative districts in the state. While the major visible change is at the federal level, going from five to four Congressional districts, Iowa’s Legislature...