DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that he will be visiting Scott, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Iowa, Keokuk, Jefferson, Henry and Louisa Counties on Wednesday, July 10 and Thursday, July 11 as part of his annual efforts to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties.
On Wednesday, July 10 Northey will speak to the Bettendorf Rotary, attend the greyhound races in Dubuque, visit a farm near Maquoketa and tour Wendling Quarries in DeWitt. On Thursday, July 11 Northey will visit the Iowa County Fair in Marengo, tour Sigourney Tractor and Implement, tour a conservation project near Fairfield, visit East Grove Farms near Salem and attend the Fair Youth Center building dedication in Columbus Junction.
The details of the visits follow here:
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Scott County – 12:00 p.m., speak to Bettendorf Rotary, Fortune Garden, 2211 Kimberly Rd., Bettendorf
Dubuque County – 2:30 p.m., attend greyhound races, Dubuque Greyhound Park at Mystique, 1855 Greyhound Park Rd., Dubuque
Jackson County – 4:15 p.m., visit the Heinrich Farm, 15771 69th St., Maquoketa
Clinton County – 5:30 p.m., tour Wendling Quarries, 2647 225th St., DeWitt
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Iowa County – 8:30 a.m., visit Iowa County Fair, 800 E. Marion St., Marengo
Keokuk County – 10:30 a.m., visit Sigourney Tractor and Implement, 1407 200th Ave., Sigourney
Jefferson County – 1:00 p.m., tour conservation project, David Dickey farm, on 160th St. near the corner of Buckeye Ave., Abingdon (map of site available upon request)
Henry County – 3:00 p.m., tour East Grove Farms, 1878 335th St., Salem
Louisa County – 5:00 p.m., attend Fair Youth Center building dedication, Louisa County Fairgrounds, 812 Union St., Columbus Junction
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.
