Iowa Farmers Union

March 30, 2025

Federal hearing to take up hotly debated issue of wetlands protections

By Shannon Kelleher

In a court hearing that could have implications for the fate of federal protections for US wetlands, lawyers for an Iowa farmland owner will face off on Monday against the federal government and environmental advocates over the constitutionality of the Farm Bill’s hotly debated “Swampbuster” law.

February 8, 2025

Farm country fight – Battle rages over proposed legal protections for pesticide makers

By Carey Gillam

Pesticide company efforts to push through laws that could block litigation against them is igniting battles in several US farm states and pitting some farm groups against each other.