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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY ARNOLD, TEIG, GIPP, KLEMME, DIX, BARRY,
1 3 DRAKE, HOUSER, BRAUNS, GARMAN, WELTER,
1 4 TYRRELL, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, EDDIE, RAYHONS,
1 5 WEIDMAN, ALONS, HAHN, HOFFMAN, KETTERING,
1 6 BAUDLER, HORBACH, BOGGESS, CARROLL, SUKUP,
1 7 SUNDERBRUCH, GREINER, HUSEMAN, JOHNSON, HEATON, DREES,
1 8 O'BRIEN, MAY, LARKIN, COHOON, MERTZ, BELL, FALLON,
1 9 THOMAS, MUNDIE, REYNOLDS, AND KUHN
1 10 A Concurrent Resolution to urge and petition the
1 11 United States Department of Agriculture to make
1 12 lands which are under the conservation reserve
1 13 program eligible for grazing by livestock.
1 14 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa, one of the major
1 15 agricultural states in the United States, is a leading
1 16 producer of livestock and livestock products which
1 17 represents a multibillion dollar industry; and
1 18 WHEREAS, the economic viability and welfare of this
1 19 nation is contingent upon food and materials
1 20 efficiently produced by farmers and ranchers receiving
1 21 a fair market price for their goods; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the conservation reserve program provided
1 23 in 7 U.S.C., chapter 45, subchapter III, authorizes
1 24 the United States Secretary of Agriculture to enter
1 25 into contracts and make payments to eligible owners
1 26 and operators of eligible cropland to assist them in
1 27 conserving and improving the soil and water resources
1 28 of their farms and ranches by converting cropland to
1 29 land with permanent vegetation cover; and
1 30 WHEREAS, farmers and ranchers in this state, like
2 1 those in many states, have conscientiously entered
2 2 into contracts with the United States Secretary of
2 3 Agriculture to set aside highly erodible land in order
2 4 to conserve soil and water resources; and
2 5 WHEREAS, Iowa, like other agricultural states, has
2 6 not received adequate rainfall, threatening the
2 7 economic viability of areas suffering hardship due to
2 8 the lack of water required to sustain livestock; and
2 9 WHEREAS, the United States Department of
2 10 Agriculture's policy prohibiting the grazing of
2 11 livestock on land subject to contract under the
2 12 conservation reserve program will force the depletion
2 13 of livestock herds, resulting in depressed commodity
2 14 markets, unnecessary economic hardship on producers,
2 15 and the premature slaughter of livestock; NOW
2 16 THEREFORE,
2 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 18 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 19 hereby petitions the Congress of the United States,
2 20 the President of the United States, and the United
2 21 States Secretary of Agriculture to take all necessary
2 22 actions to ensure that livestock immediately be
2 23 allowed to graze on land subject to contract under the
2 24 conservation reserve program; and
2 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 26 resolution be submitted to the President of the United
2 27 States, the United States Secretary of Agriculture,
2 28 and the members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
2 29 LSB 7301YH 78
2 30 da/as/5.1
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