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Column: Any bets on whether Iowa will write a fifth ‘ag-gag’ law?
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Fortunately for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the GOP state-controlled legislature in Iowa more resembles the gang that can't shoot straight than constitutional scholars. In Iowa there are a lot of pigs. The Hawkeye state has more than 5,400 pig farms. There are 23 million hogs give or take, according to the latest count from USDA's National Agriculture Inspection Service. Iowa's swine industry keeps roughly 147,000 people employed. In a September 2020 report, the Iowa Pork Producers Association says the state pork industry generated $40.8 billion in sales.
