by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 6, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Moments of silence were observed in the Iowa House and Senate this morning to honor former Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey, who died unexpectedly at the age of 64. Northey served more than a decade as state ag secretary before his appointment as a USDA Under...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 20, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
An Iowan who served nearly three years in the Trump Administration is heading home. Bill Northey resigned as Iowa Ag Secretary in March of 2018 to become Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “It’ll be...
by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 29, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey, now a top administrator in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, today said farmers “need more assurances” about ethanol, but Northey said he’s unaware of what’s in the “giant package” President...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 29, 2019 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Iowa’s former secretary of agriculture is back in the state to survey flood damage and talk to displaced residents, especially farmers who have had many hundreds of acres underwater. Bill Northey, now an undersecretary at the U.S.D.A., says it was...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 25, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey’s nomination to a position in the U.S.D.A. cleared the committee level in the U.S. Senate last week, but he isn’t sure when the final step will take place. “I’ve kind of given up making predictions, we...