Iowa House GOP leadership stands in the field with cows

 

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 2/10/2026

Steven Gruber-Miller reports:

Iowa farmers would be protected from lawsuits and criminal charges based on greenhouse gas emissions caused by their farming operations, including, its sponsor says, "cow farts," under a bill advancing in the Iowa House. 

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Derek Wulf, R-Hudson, said his goal is to avoid the "craziness" of lawsuits filed against the agriculture industry in other states over methane emissions. 

"I believe that the American farmer is at a pivotal time right now that we need to do everything we can to make sure they can do what they do best, which is farm," he said. "And not have to worry about trivial lawsuits coming at them … like being sued for cow farts."

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