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DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Television Iowa Capitol Bureau) – House File 2104 would ban the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from bidding on land at auction and from accepting land as a donation from a charity that acquired it in a “Competitive Manor”. While the bill died in the House today, it could still become law.

Iowa Farm Bureau lobbyist Kevin Kuhle says regulations like this are needed since some farmers have been outbid by DNR in the past. “Our farmers, landowners, have concerns about the state competing against them to acquire land using government dollars to compete against private citizens,” Kuhle said.

Fred Long with the Iowa Conservation Alliance refutes the idea that DNR buying land makes it harder for young farmers starting out. “The only thing that keeps a young farmer from getting started, and a small farmer from getting bigger, is the big farmer that’s got more …

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