DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that he will be visiting Mahaska, Keokuk, Iowa and Cedar Counties on Tuesday, March 9 as part of his effort to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties again in 2010 to meet with Iowans and discuss agriculture and the issues facing farmers in the state.
Northey will be hosting town meetings in Oskaloosa, Sigourney and Williamsburg and will then speak at the annual meeting of the Scott, Cedar and Muscatine counties Corn Grower Associations in Durant.
“I’ve enjoyed these meetings and learned a lot from them during the past three years and look forward to seeing what issues are important to farmers across the state,” Northey said. “I hope farmers and rural residents will come out and share issues, ideas and challenges that are facing Iowa agriculture.”
The details of the visits follow here:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Mahaska County – 11:00 a.m., 214 North G Street, Oskaloosa
Keokuk County – 1:30 p.m., Farm Bureau Office, 23024 Hwy 149, Sigourney
Iowa County – 3:30 p.m., Farm Bureau Office, 212 W. State Street, Williamsburg
Cedar County – 6:00 p.m., Speak at meeting of Cedar, Muscatine and Scott County Corn Grower Associations, Durant Community Center, 606 5th St., Durant
Northey, a corn and soybean farmer from Spirit Lake, is serving his first term as Secretary of Agriculture. His priorities as Secretary of Agriculture are the opportunities in renewable energy, conservation and stewardship, and telling the story of Iowa agriculture.
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