How about a contest?  Can anyone document an example of Iowa Farm Bureau
lobbying where they *weren't *trying to hoodwink the public?

We could probably offer a prize of, oh, $10,000--confident that no one will
collect.

BW

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Phyllis Mains <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> **
>  Farm Bureau trying to 'hoodwink' the public
>
> Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill’s argument against linking
> conservation compliance to crop insurance subsidies is based on a fallacy
> (“Farmers’ Concerns Are Not Imaginary,” Feb. 5).
>
> The centerpiece of Hill’s argument against conservation compliance is that
> it would make fixing a gulley on a no-till field disruptive of field
> operations because it “requires prior Natural Resources Conservation
> Service approval, which is often a two- or three-day process.” That sounded
> incorrect to me, so I checked with an NRCS official, and he concurred that
> it is simply not true that prior approval is needed to fix a gulley on a
> no-till field.
>
> The Farm Bureau should simply acknowledge that they would like to receive
> federal subsidies without obligation for conservation, rather than try to
> hoodwink the public with a disingenuous argument.
>
> — Francis Thicke, Fairfield
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To
> unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to:
> [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv
> Lists support site for more information:
> http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to:
[log in to unmask]

Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information:
http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp

To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see:
 http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp