“Iowa’s farmers are among our greatest assets and they deserve our support.”
Congressman Boswell grew up on a farm in rural Iowa and returned to Iowa to farm after his service in the military. He successfully led his local farmer’s co-op through the farm crisis of the 1980s, when he served as its chair. Today, Boswell is guided by the values and common sense he learned as a farmer.
In Congress, Boswell has been a friend to agriculture. He is one of two Iowa Representatives to serve on the House Agriculture Committee and one of only 37 farmers in the entire Congress. He voted in favor of the most recent Farm Bill, which makes historic investments in conservation, nutrition, fruit and vegetable production, and renewable energy while maintaining a strong safety net for America’s farmers and ranchers.
During his tenure in Congress and on the Agriculture Committee, Boswell has fought for increased market transparency, expanding renewable energy production, increasing value-added agricultural products, keeping marginal land out of agricultural production, increased working lands conservation programs, and to keep a real safety net for our nation’s producers.
“Education is the great equalizer.”