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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY ANGELO, DRAKE, KIBBIE, FRAISE, McKIBBEN, JUDGE, 1 3 VEENSTRA, IVERSON, BARTZ, BOETTGER, ZIEMAN, SHEARER, 1 4 JENSEN, SCHUERER, GASKILL, REDWINE, REHBERG, and BEHN 1 5 A Concurrent Resolution to urge and petition the 1 6 United States Department of Agriculture to make 1 7 lands which are under the conservation reserve 1 8 program eligible for grazing by livestock. 1 9 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa, one of the major 1 10 agricultural states in the United States, is a leading 1 11 producer of livestock and livestock products which 1 12 represents a multibillion dollar industry; and 1 13 WHEREAS, the economic viability and welfare of this 1 14 nation is contingent upon food and materials 1 15 efficiently produced by farmers and ranchers receiving 1 16 a fair market price for their goods; and 1 17 WHEREAS, the conservation reserve program provided 1 18 in 7 U.S.C., chapter 45, subchapter III, authorizes 1 19 the United States Secretary of Agriculture to enter 1 20 into contracts and make payments to eligible owners 1 21 and operators of eligible cropland to assist them in 1 22 conserving and improving the soil and water resources 1 23 of their farms and ranches by converting cropland to 1 24 land with permanent vegetation cover; and 1 25 WHEREAS, farmers and ranchers in this state, like 1 26 those in many states, have conscientiously entered 1 27 into contracts with the United States Secretary of 1 28 Agriculture to set aside highly erodible land in order 1 29 to conserve soil and water resources; and 1 30 WHEREAS, Iowa, like other agricultural states, has 2 1 not received adequate rainfall, threatening the 2 2 economic viability of areas suffering hardship due to 2 3 the lack of water required to sustain livestock; and 2 4 WHEREAS, the United States Department of 2 5 Agriculture's policy prohibiting the grazing of 2 6 livestock on land subject to contract under the 2 7 conservation reserve program will force the depletion 2 8 of livestock herds, resulting in depressed commodity 2 9 markets, unnecessary economic hardship on producers, 2 10 and the premature slaughter of livestock; NOW 2 11 THEREFORE, 2 12 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 13 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General 2 14 Assembly hereby petitions the Congress of the United 2 15 States, the President of the United States, and the 2 16 United States Secretary of Agriculture to take all 2 17 necessary actions to ensure that livestock immediately 2 18 be allowed to graze on land subject to contract under 2 19 the conservation reserve program; and 2 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this 2 21 resolution be submitted to the President of the United 2 22 States, the United States Secretary of Agriculture, 2 23 and the members of Iowa's congressional delegation. 2 24 LSB 7301SS 78 2 25 da/as/5
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