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Farm group seeks change in Missouri River flood policy
Iowa's largest grassroots farm organization called for changes in the Army Corps of Engineers' management of the Missouri River to prevent the kind of flooding that devastated Iowa this year.
Army Corps of Engineers' authority was just one of the policy issues discussed by Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) voting delegates at their 2011 Summer Policy Conference in West Des Moines, Aug. 30-31.
IFBF delegates gather each year to discuss and set state policies which impact not just farmers, but all Iowa taxpayers. They also discuss and recommend policy for national debate at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) annual meeting in January.
In this June 13, 2011 file photo, a home is engulfed by flood water in Hamburg, Iowa from the rising Missouri River. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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