Farm Bureau members testified before an Iowa Senate subcommittee last week, voicing support for a resolution to replace the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund with a fund focused on lowering property taxes.

Senate Joint Resolution 6, which advanced out of subcommittee, would begin the process of passing a state constitutional amendment to replace the natural resources trust fund, which was established in 2010. Under current law, the fund would use the first three-eighths of a cent from any future sales tax increase to support water...