Agriculture
Randy grew up working on farms, frequently walking beans and doing chores. His in-laws run a livestock and crop farm in Sioux County, where he helps out along with his wife and four kids – spending many weekends bailing hay, loading hogs, vaccinating cattle, and maintaining seven finishing sites.
He knows first-hand that corn and soybean growers -- along with our livestock, egg, dairy, poultry, ethanol, and biodiesel producers -- form the backbone of the 4th District’s economy. As the second largest ag producing district in the country, Randy serves as a voice for Iowa's hardworking farmers, giving them a seat at the table on the House Agriculture Committee.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) introduced the Quantum in Practice Act, which would amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to include quantum molecular simulations and modeling in federal scientific research. More specifically, quantum molecular simulations and modeling will allow experts to study chemical elements and reactions with impressive accuracy.
HULL, IOWA – Over the weekend, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) joined Rep. GT Thompson (R-PA) – who is the top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee – and several of his Republican colleagues in demanding a full report on foreign ownership of American farmland from the Government Accountability Office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Cheri Bustos (D-IL) introduced the Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act (PAL) of 2022, which is bipartisan legislation that would establish the first-ever federal precision agriculture loan program in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) joined 50 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack over serious concerns that groups with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party are purchasing land near American military installations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack demanding answers over significant payment delays for Iowa hog producers through the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP), a pandemic-era program established to support continued hog operations and maintain a plentiful food supply during the pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for a bipartisan package to bolster Iowa’s biofuels industry, allow for year-round E-15 sales, strengthen agricultural and food system supply chains, and invest in groundbreaking precision agriculture technologies. The package includes five pieces of legislation that Feenstra helped introduce:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission – a federal agency that advises the legislative and executive branches on trade-related matters – on the skyrocketing cost of fertilizer for American farmers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) and Cindy Axne (D-West Des Moines) introduced an updated version of their Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act to return fairness to the cattle marketplace dominated by four major meat packers. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) are leading companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. The Iowa Farm Bureau and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association are both supportive of this legislation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, during a House Agriculture Committee hearing on the American cattle market, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) criticized the Big Four Meat Packers over their price-fixing shenanigans and anticompetitive behavior that are severely impacting Iowa’s small, independent beef producers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) led a letter to President Joe Biden with 32 of his Republican colleagues urging him to quickly nominate two qualified individuals to the positions of Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Chief Agriculture Negotiator at the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). These roles have been vacant since the beginning of the Biden Administration, leaving American farmers, producers, and their families behind.