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DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that he will be visiting Audubon and Guthrie Counties on Friday, Feb. 11 as part of his efforts to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties again in 2011. The meetings give Northey an opportunity to hear from Iowans and discuss agriculture and the issues facing farmers in the state.
Northey will host a town meeting in Audubon and then speak at a crop fair hosted by the Iowa Corn Growers Association in Guthrie Center.
“These meetings are a great opportunity to listen to farmers and learn more about what we need to be working on at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship,” Northey said. “I have learned a lot from these meetings over the past four years and am looking forward to continuing to get out and hear from rural residents.”
The details of the visits follow here:
Friday, Feb. 11, 2011
Audubon County – 9:00 a.m., Town Meeting, Farm Bureau office, 202 N. Market St., Audubon
Guthrie County – 11:00 a.m., Speak to Iowa Corn Growers Crop Fair, Guthrie Center Activities Center, 209 State St., Guthrie Center
Northey, a corn and soybean farmer from Spirit Lake, is serving his second term as Secretary of Agriculture. His priorities as Secretary of Agriculture are promoting the use of science and new technologies to better care for our air, soil and water, and reaching out to tell the story of Iowa agriculture. |
