Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HR17: A Resolution recognizing the contributions of Iowa farm families, Iowa farm employees, and Iowa agricultural leaders during National Agriculture Week and Iowa Agriculture Week
Status: Introduced, April 1, 2025
A Resolution recognizing the contributions of Iowa farm families, Iowa farm employees, and Iowa agricultural leaders during National Agriculture Week and Iowa Agriculture Week.
What the bill says
A Resolution recognizing the contributions of Iowa farm families, Iowa farm employees, and Iowa agricultural leaders during National Agriculture Week and Iowa Agriculture Week.
From the introduced text, April 1, 2025:
A Resolution recognizing the contributions of Iowa farm families, Iowa farm employees, and Iowa agricultural leaders during National Agriculture Week and Iowa Agriculture Week. WHEREAS, every five years the United States Department of Agriculture conducts an agricultural census, which provides a snapshot into the demographics, economics, land use, and activities on Iowa and United States farms and ranches; and WHEREAS, on February 13, 2024, the 2022 Census on Agriculture was released; and WHEREAS, during the census from 2017 to 2022, the United States lost more than 141,000 farms representing a 7 percent decline and a loss of more than 20 million acres of farmland; and WHEREAS, Iowa has 86,911 farms accounting for million acres of land dedicated to farming with more than 95 percent of Iowa farms owned by families; and WHEREAS, Iowa consistently ranks first nationally in the production of corn, hogs, and eggs; first or second nationally in the production of soybeans; fourth nationally in the number of cattle and calves fed; seventh nationally in turkey production; and eleventh nationally in milk production; and WHEREAS, Iowa consistently ranks first in the production of ethanol and biodiesel fuel; and WHEREAS, in 2022, Iowa generated $46.6 billion in agricultural cash receipts; and LSB 2919YH (4) -1- da/ns 1/4 H.R. WHEREAS, the change in the number of farms in Iowa contrasts …
Sponsors
- Thomas Gerhold (R, 84) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 880 .
Subjects: agriculture, labor and employment, farming, resolutions-honorary, families, resolutions
Common questions
- What is HR17?
- HR17 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A Resolution recognizing the contributions of Iowa farm families, Iowa farm employees, and Iowa agricultural leaders during National Agriculture Week and Iowa Agriculture Week.
- What does HR17 do?
- In its own words: A Resolution recognizing the contributions of Iowa farm families, Iowa farm employees, and Iowa agricultural leaders during National Agriculture Week and Iowa Agriculture Week.
- What is the status of HR17?
- Introduced as of April 1, 2025. Latest action: Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 880 . (April 1, 2025).
- Who sponsored HR17?
- Thomas Gerhold (R, 84).
- Where is the official record for HR17?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HR+0017&ga=91
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