As the 2023 Farm Bill continues to take shape, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, announced an "Agriculture Advisory Board" on Wednesday morning during a town hall event at Alpha Ag Research in Sanborn, Iowa.
The 60-member panel, which will have Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig as its honorary chairman, features agricultural representatives from all 36 counties that make up the Fourth Congressional District Feenstra has served since 2021. Included among the ag reps will be those from the corn, soybean, pork, beef, turkey, dairy, egg, cattle, goat, seed, fertilizer, veterinary medicine, equipment manufacturing, FFA, conservation, agricultural lending and research and development industries, according to the two-term Congressman's office.
"I am excited to announce my Agriculture Advisory Board as we work together to pass a strong Farm Bill that benefits Iowa," Feenstra said of the announcement. "Between crop insurance and international trade to biofuels production and rural development, every title of the Farm Bill impacts Iowa agriculture and our economic vitality."
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Naig, whose family has a century farm in Palo Alto County, said he applauded Feenstra for putting together a group to try and pinpoint crucial Farm Bill priorities for Iowa.
"Iowa needs a strong Farm Bill, and we are fortunate to have Congressman Feenstra delivering for us in Congress and on the House Agriculture Committee," Naig said in a release.
U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, right, looks a bed of plants as Tom Paulsen, department head of applied agriculture and food studies talks Wednesday…
The last Farm Bill Congress passed came in 2018 and it's set to expire in September of this year. The legislation focuses on a myriad of issues including commodity programs, conservation, trade, credit, rural development, energy and nutrition programs.
NPR noted in February that the lion's share of spending in the bill is related to nutrition. This year, Republican Congressmembers have raised the possibility of altering requirements for the SNAP program which works to help low-income people afford food. During a February stop to Morningside University's Rosen Ag Center, for the launch of his "Agriculture Tour", Feenstra said he wanted to see a food assistance program that wasn't just giving people a paycheck but getting them "out of poverty."Â
"We are desperate for workers in the agricultural arena," he said at the time.
The Agriculture Advisory Board Feenstra helped put together to identify what's most needed in a 2023 bill is set to have its first meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22. The board will include:
- Dr. Calie Burgart, Audubon County
- Former State Senator Jerry Behn, Boone County
- Mitchell Sievers, Buena Vista County
- Andy Kosky, Buena Vista County
- Darcy Maulsby, Calhoun County
- State Representative Mike Sexton, Calhoun County
- Will Reever, Carroll County
- Ramona Nitz, Cherokee County
- Chad Tentinger, Cherokee County
- Will Jones, Clay County
- Ty Rosburg, Crawford County
- Al Giese, Dickinson County
- Jim Boyer, Emmet County
- John Latham, Franklin County
- State Representative Shannon Latham, Franklin County
- Brian Borcherding, Franklin County
- Don Latham, Franklin County
- Leo Ettleman, Fremont County
- Sam Martin, Fremont County
- Jeff Jorgenson, Fremont County
- Ben Slinger, Hamilton County
- Jake Van Diest, Hamilton County
- Darrin Kruger, Hancock County
- Tony Smith, Harrison County
- Nick Nielsen, Humboldt County
- Jolene Riessen, Ida County
- Sara Winkleman, Kossuth County
- Dean Meyer, Lyon County
- Dwight Mogler, Lyon County
- Doug Stensland, Lyon County
- Scott Schneidermann, Lyon County
- State Senator Jeff Edler, Marshall County
- Wyatt Edler, Marshall County
- State Representative David Sieck, Mills County
- Dan Witten, Monona County
- Kelly Nieuwenhuis, O’Brien County
- Jeremy Van Ess, O’Brien County
- Corey Rozenboom, O’Brien County
- Rob Jacobs, Osceola County
- Eric Bruhn, Palo Alto County
- Andy Schroeder, Plymouth County
- Don Kass, Plymouth County
- Darin Dykstra, Plymouth County
- Grant Wells, Pocahontas County
- Chris Perdue, Pottawattamie County
- Chad Hansen, Sac County
- Gabe Ferry, Shelby County
- Brad Kooima, Sioux County
- Steve Rehder, Sioux County
- Craig Moss, Sioux County
- JT Dean, Sioux County
- Jeff Altena, Sioux County
- Bill Couser, Story County
- Marty Chitty, Story County
- John Fredrickson, Webster County
- Gregg Hora, Webster County
- Jacob West, Winnebago County
- Barbara Sloniker, Woodbury County
- Mark Nelson, Woodbury County
- Ethan Lambert, Wright County
Biggest exports from Iowa
Biggest exports from Iowa
The U.S. trade deficit neared $1 trillion in 2022, hitting a record high.
At the same time, total exports grew faster than imports, and select U.S. exports are experiencing particularly high surges. The war in Ukraine led many European countries to import U.S. oil as they largely stopped importing from Russia. U.S. farm exports surpassed records as values grew across main markets, including China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and the European Union.
Nationwide, the largest 2022 exports were fuel, oil, and byproducts; nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; electronics; vehicles; and aircraft, spacecraft, and aerospace parts. But each state specializes in its own combination of commodities that contribute to the national export catalog.
Stacker compiled a list of the 30 largest exports from Iowa in 2022 using trade data from the Census Bureau. Stacker considered all 98 export categories included in the global harmonized system in its rankings. Read on to see the top exports in your state.
#30. Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
- Total value of 2022 exports: $64.77 million
#29. Fertilizers
- Total value of 2022 exports: $71.71 million
#28. Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
- Total value of 2022 exports: $86.05 million
#27. Miscellaneous edible preparations
- Total value of 2022 exports: $100.44 million
#26. Prepared cereal, flour, starch or milk; bakers wares
- Total value of 2022 exports: $112.14 million
#25. Tanning and dyeing extracts, dyes, pigments, paints, putty, and inks
- Total value of 2022 exports: $142.25 million
#24. Rubber and articles thereof
- Total value of 2022 exports: $175.45 million
#23. Aluminum and articles thereof
- Total value of 2022 exports: $183.8 million
#21. Animal or vegetable fats, oils etc. and waxes
- Total value of 2022 exports: $197.38 million
#20. Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
- Total value of 2022 exports: $199.04 million
#19. Articles of iron or steel
- Total value of 2022 exports: $209.18 million
#18. Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
- Total value of 2022 exports: $244.22 million
#17. Iron and steel
- Total value of 2022 exports: $252.99 million
#16. Edible preparations of meat, fish, crustaceans, etc.
- Total value of 2022 exports: $261.71 million
#15. Organic chemicals
- Total value of 2022 exports: $295.19 million
#14. Ores, slag and ash
- Total value of 2022 exports: $337.82 million
#13. Beverages, spirits and vinegar
- Total value of 2022 exports: $339.17 million
#12. Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
- Total value of 2022 exports: $365.84 million
#11. Sugars and sugar confectionary
- Total value of 2022 exports: $368.15 million
#10. Plastics and articles thereof
- Total value of 2022 exports: $399.47 million
#9. Pharmaceutical products
- Total value of 2022 exports: $468.15 million
#8. Oil seeds; miscellaneous grain, seed, fruit, plants, etc.
- Total value of 2022 exports: $629.66 million
#7. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories
- Total value of 2022 exports: $701.24 million
#6. Food industry residues and waste; prepared animal feed
- Total value of 2022 exports: $1.23 billion
#5. Miscellaneous chemical products
- Total value of 2022 exports: $1.43 billion
#4. Cereals
- Total value of 2022 exports: $1.43 billion
#3. Meat and edible meat offal
- Total value of 2022 exports: $1.82 billion
#2. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories
- Total value of 2022 exports: $2.09 billion
#1. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts
- Total value of 2022 exports: $2.78 billion
