The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) will maintain its strong support for farmers’ conservation and water quality efforts, work to boost local meat processing and continue its efforts to protect the state’s livestock industry from foreign animal disease threats, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said last week during a meeting with the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors (IFBF).

“We’ve got plenty of challenges, as always, but there are a lot of reasons to be...