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DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that he will be visiting Mahaska and Keokuk Counties on Wednesday, May 18th 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 tour Oskaloosa Foods in Oskaloosa, attend the 25th anniversary celebration at Ajinomoto Heartland, LLC near Eddyville, and host a town meeting Sigourney. The public is invited to the town meeting in Sigourney and all events are open to the press.
“These meetings are a great opportunity to listen to farmers and see what is going on in communities and businesses around the state,” Northey said. “I have learned a lot from these visits over the past four years and am looking forward to continuing to get out and hear from Iowans.”
The details of the visits follow here:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Mahaska County – 9:00 a.m., Visit Oskaloosa Foods, 543 9th Ave. E., Oskaloosa
Monroe County – 11:00 a.m., Attend Ajinomoto Heartland 25th Anniversary, 1 Heartland Dr., Eddyville
Keokuk County – 2:00 p.m., Town Meeting, Public Library, 720 E. Jackson, Sigourney
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. |
