Next week the farm bill makes its way to the House. That’s the big piece of legislation that sets food and agriculture policy for the next 5 years. How does this impact the average Iowan that isn’t on the farm? Iowa State Agriculture economist Bruce Babcock says for the most part it doesn’t… except for one thing.
"Are the taxpayer dollars being well spent subsidizing really well managed farms, very smart farmers and very wealthy farmers?" he said.
In the Senate bill that passed last month there are some new restrictions on wealthy farmers. And as Iowa Public Radio’s Clay Masters reports Iowa farmers have conflicting views on the restrictions.
