Iowa legislators will redraft the state’s ban on packer ownership of livestock, but there’s disagreement on the timetable for action. A federal judge threw out the law yesterday, calling it unconstitutional. House Republican Leader Chuck Gipp of Decorah, a farmer, says the first step is to urge Congress to pass a nationwide ban on meatpackers owning livestock. He says Iowa’s U.S. Senators weren’t successful in getting the federal bill passed. Republican House Speaker Christopher Rants of Sioux City says it’s important to take some time and review the ramifications of the judge’s action.Rants says the ruling may have put Iowa’s corporate farming law in jeopardy, too. Rants says before legislators “rush to judgement” they need to take some time to “digest” the judge’s ruling.But Senate Democrat Leader Michael Gronstal of Council Bluffs hopes action at the state level on the packer ownership ban comes sooner rather than later.Gronstal says the ruling’s a blow to family farmers in Iowa, and Democrats hope to rewrite the law and get it passed through the legislature and signed by the Governor early next week. Gronstal warns Iowa’s pork or cattle industries could quickly fall into corporate hands the way the poultry industry has if something’s not done quickly. Senate President Mary Kramer, a Republican from West Des Moines, says the go-slow approach is better. Kramer says one of the scariest things in these types of situations is unintended consequences, so an in-depth analysis is the best route, even if it’s slower. One thing the two parties agree upon is that the judge’s ruling highlights the need for national action on the issue. The U.S. Senate included a ban on packer ownership of livestock in the Farm Bill, but the House refused to go along with the ban