State Rep. J.D. Scholten, who is running for U.S. Senate, laid out his campaign's agriculture policy during a visit to the Griffieon Family Farm.

Scholten said the next federal Farm Bill must encourage more competition, more conservation practices and stronger regional food systems.

"When you don't have the competition, that squeezes farmers, it hurts consumers and it hurts workers," Scholten said.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Scholten said the next federal Farm Bill must encourage more competition, more conservation practices and stronger regional food systems.

Scholten, a state representative from Sioux City, laid out his campaign's farm policy during a Monday, Aug. 4 visit to the Griffieon Family Farm in Ankeny.

"Agriculture is the heartbeat of Iowa," he said. "It's ov

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