ANTI-FARMER JOSH TUREK
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TUREK WANTS TO FINANCIALLY DRAIN FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN IOWA WITH OVERREGULATION
Turek even sponsored a bill to create harsher penalties for Iowa farmers based on water quality, permitting state laws that are more stringent than federal law.
Retrofitting and rebuilding facilities to comply with California’s Prop 12 law will cost $3,500 to $4,500 per sow, meaning the average Iowa farm would need to spend $9 million to $11 million on upgrades depending on the scale of their operation.
Turek wants farmers and ranchers in Iowa to be liable for effects on climate change by greenhouse gas emissions.
Josh Turek wants Iowa Farmers to spend millions of dollars to comply with California's ban on meat imports pushed by radical animal rights activists.
TUREK IS A FAKE MEAT PUSHER
Turek opposed legislation to label lab-grown or plant based “meats” as fake, imitation, or vegetarian.
Turek wants to allow cell-cultivated, plant based, and insect-based meat and egg alternatives to misbrand themselves to confuse consumers into thinking they are real meat.
Turek wants fake meat alternatives to be fed to children in Iowa schools.
JOSH TUREK TURNS HIS BACK ON IOWA FARMERS
Turek claims to fight for the ‘Right to Repair’ farming equipment, but when the issue came up in the Iowa legislature, Turek skipped the vote.
Actually, Turek skipped nearly 60% of all votes and 75% of votes on Agriculture bills in the Iowa legislature this year including the vote on the Iowa Farm Act.
Turek opposed permanent relief from the death tax for over 2 million family owned farms in Iowa.
