Last Friday marked the end of the first legislative funnel deadline and the eighth week of the 2025 Iowa legislative session. 

Several Farm Bureau-supported bills survived the funnel, including bills to modernize the Grain Indemnity Fund, improve farmer management of nuisance deer and restrict the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from acquiring land at public auctions. 

A Senate-proposed constitutional amendment supported by Farm Bureau that would have repealed the...