Outsider farm owners are an issue in the governor’s race. Here’s what experts say.

By: Cami Koons

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: September 20, 2026

Words: 1,948

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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As agricultural land prices have increased drastically over the past two decades and young, want-to-be farmers have an increasingly difficult time starting their operations, politicians nationally, and here in Iowa, have questioned if corporate or foreign interests are to blame.

Iowa gubernatorial candidates Zach Lahn and Rob Sand both have said corporate or out-of-state ownership of Iowa farmland is a problem and have suggested policies that would tax Iowans at lower …

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