Did Iowa’s largest beginning farmer tax credit create more farms?

By: Mónica Cordero

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 2,333

Last Updated: 2 days, 22 hours ago

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As a boy growing up in Spencer, Iowa, Trent Walker spent summers helping on his grandfather’s farm, picturing that he someday would follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a farmer himself.

During harvest season, he trick-or-treated at his grandpa’s grain bin site as trucks came in from the fields. He was particularly drawn to the changing seasons and how no two days were quite the same.

“I would never be able to …

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