For Immediate Release
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Dustin Vande Hoef
Communications Director
515/281-3375 or 515/326-1616 (cell)
or Dustin.VandeHoef@IowaAgriculture.gov

NORTHEY TO VISIT RED OAK ON JUNE 7 FOR TOWN MEETING
Visit is part of Effort to Meet with Iowans in each of the State’s 99 Counties

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that he will be visiting Montgomery County on Monday, June 7 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 host a town meeting at the YMCA in Red Oak.

“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 residents on Montgomery County,” Northey said. 

The details of the visits follow here:

Monday, June 7, 2010
Montgomery County – 3:00 p.m., Red Oak YMCA, 101 E. Cherry, Red Oak

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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