DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that he will be visiting Lucas, Clarke and Decatur Counties on Friday, July 20th as part of his efforts to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties again in 2012.
Northey will host a town meeting at the Farm Bureau office in Chariton, visit the Clarke County Fair in Osceola and then will address Decatur Farm Bureau members and fairgoers at the Decatur County fair in Leon. All events are open to the public and press.
The details of the visits follow here:
Friday, July 20, 2012
Lucas County – 1:00 p.m., host town meeting, Farm Bureau office, 811 S. 4th St., Chariton
Clarke County – 3:00 p.m., tour Clarke County Fair, fairgrounds, 2070 Hwy 34 West, Osceola
Decatur County – 5:30 p.m., speak to Decatur County Farm Bureau members and fairgoers, fairgrounds, 1700 NW Church St., Leon
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.
