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WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Iowa’s Congressional delegation urged U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to expand eligibility of the department’s COVID-19 relief programs to include custom cattle feeders, a sector of Iowa’s agricultural economy operated primarily by family farmers.

Iowa community health centers, which reach underserved and vulnerable populations, should be included in the Biden administration’s distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, Iowa’s House delegation, including Rep. Cindy Axne, D-3rd, said in a letter to federal health officials.