Iowa Secretary of Agriculture

A new agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture makes Iowa the seventh state where some small meat lockers can sell products in other…

Pork processing fell nearly 40 percent following temporary closures at meatpacking plants across the Midwest last month. That’s created a backlog of…

Congress has reached a deal to keep the federal government open, pending a final vote in the Senate that’s expected this week. The spending bill also…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is laying out its plan for hemp production, 10 months after the 2018 farm bill paved the way for farmers to grow it.…

The State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston, Iowa, has sloped auditorium-style seating and plenty of outlets to keep laptops and cell phones…

When former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey was tapped for a federal job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture last year, his old job was…

Iowa’s secretary of agriculture says he’s continuing to monitor the impacts of heavy rains that battered Northern Iowa last month. Heavier than normal…

The U.S. House's attempt to pass a farm bill failed this morning. A number of Republicans were trying to leverage votes for a conservative immigration…

In 2006, voters elected Bill Northey to be Secretary of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Now, after 11 years, Northey has resigned…

Iowa has a new secretary of agriculture and will be sending one of its own to Washington, D.C.Former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig took the…