01/26/26 Afternoon CommStock Report – There are A Few in Every Bushel

I made the paper (Des Moines Register) recently and it was not for being arrested or showing up in the obituaries. I did participate in a demonstration, so to speak, at the Iowa State Capitol.  I joined ethanol and CO2 pipeline supporters who were lobbying against an Iowa House Bill that would bar use of eminent domain for virtually anything. That was overkill. It was no surprise that the bill passed in the House, however it is not going further from there and is like the bill that Governor Reynolds vetoed last session. There was a strong show of opposition from the ethanol industry to the bill personified in the group I joined at the capital. House members who voted for this bill should not receive the endorsement of the Iowa Corn Growers Association or Iowa Farm Bureau Federation next election. Last fall I traveled to Washington DC with a Carbon Board group who lobbied for 45Z. I had never participated in lobbying the Iowa legislature before. I wanted the experience.   The Iowa Legislature is dealing with eminent domain. There is at least one in every bushel so you will not be able to plan a route for a…