Dustin Vande Hoef
Communications Director
515/281-3375 or 515/326-1616 (cell)
or Dustin.VandeHoef@IowaAgriculture.gov
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that he will be visiting Dallas, Audubon and Shelby Counties on Tuesday, June 29 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 tour Stine Seed headquarters in Adel and then host town meetings in Audubon and Harlan.
“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, June 29, 2010
Dallas County – 9:30 a.m., tour Stine Seed headquarters, 22555 Laredo Trail, Adel
Audubon County – 1:00 p.m., Farm Bureau, 202 N. Market St., Audubon
Shelby County – 3:00 p.m., Farm Bureau, 908 6th St., Harlan
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.
