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 Calhoun County on Monday, September 13 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 Farm Bureau Office in Rockwell City.
“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 in Calhoun County,” Northey said.
The details of the visits follow here:
Monday, Sept. 13, 2010
Calhoun County – 4:00 p.m., Farm Bureau Office, 846 High St., Rockwell City
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
