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Iowa Agricultural Districts Enabling Statutes (Iowa Code §§ 352.1 to 352.13 (2005).)

Iowa Right to Farm Enabling Statutes (Iowa Code §§ 352.11 to 352.12 (2005).)

Iowa Right to Farm Enabling Statutes (Feedlots) (Iowa Code §§ 172D.1 to 172D.4 (2005).)

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Statistics

Farms

92,856

Land in farms (acres)

30,747,550

Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)

20,418,096

Agricultural land developed between 1982 and 2007 (acres)

254,400

Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture and the 2007 National Resources Inventory

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Legislative Updates

Iowa Senate File 404 (2010)

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Sample Documents

Woodbury County, IA: Organic Conversion Program Application

Literature

FIC Fact Sheets

The Story County Local Food System: Issues and Opportunities

Making Value Chains Work: Best Practices for Success – Workshop Proceedings

Land of Plenty: Saving the Upper Midwest

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