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Bill Northey

Meet Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is a fourth-generation Iowa farmer that grows corn and soybeans on his farm near Spirit Lake. He started farming with his grandfather, Sid Northey, after graduating from Iowa State University in 1981.

The people of Iowa elected Northey to be Secretary of Agriculture in November of 2006 and he was sworn in on January 2, 2007. Northey ran on a platform of expanding opportunities in renewable energy, promoting conservation and stewardship, and telling the story of Iowa agriculture. (Read More)

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    Farmers Give Us Much to be Thankful For(Read More)

    NORTHEY: 2009 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION WEEK RECOGNIZES 70th ANNIVERSARY OF IOWA’S ORGANIZED CONSERVATION EFFORTS (Read More)

    NORTHEY COMMENTS ON CULVER PROCLAMATION TO ASSIST WITH HARVEST (Read More)

    DR. STEVEN AND JULIE KARBER OF JEFFERSON NAMED NOVEMBER WERGIN GOOD FARM NEIGHBOR AWARD WINNER (Read More)

    IOWA WEIGHTS AND MEASURES METROLOGY LAB MOVING TO ELLSWORTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN IOWA FALLS (Read More)

    IOWA'S WATER QUALITY WETLAND PROPOSAL RECOGNIZED BY FARM FOUNDATION’S 30-YEAR CHALLENGE POLICY COMPETITION (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO HOST TOWN MEETING IN GARNER ON NOVEMBER 5 (Read More)

    NORTHEY: $1.6 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO VISIT CEDAR FALLS, ALLISON ON OCTOBER 22 (Read More)

    NORTHEY STATEMENT ON IMPACT OF 10% ACROSS THE BOARD CUT ON IOWA DEPT. OF AG (Read More)

    NORTHEY ELECTED TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO HOST TOWN MEETING IN ESTHERVILLE ON OCTOBER 9 (Read More)

    WHERE IS YOUR FUEL FROM? (Read More)

    NORTHEY: OCTOBER PRIME TIME FOR IOWA GROWN APPLES AND PUMPKINS (Read More)

    NORTHEY JOINS AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE NATION TO SUPPORT PROPOSAL TO HELP DAIRY, PORK AND TURKEY PRODUCERS (Read More)

    NORTHEY RECOGNIZES U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE VILSACK AND EPA ADMINISTRATOR JACKSON (Read More)

    $4 MILLION FROM STATE BONDING PLAN TO SUPPORT NEW WATER QUALITY WETLAND EFFORT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS GULF OF MEXICO “DEAD ZONE” (Read More)

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