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Northey has committed to traveling to each of Iowa's 99 counties to hear from farmers and rural residents who have a stake in the future of Iowa agriculture.
Northey has committed to traveling to each of Iowa's 99 counties to hear from farmers and rural residents who have a stake in the future of Iowa agriculture.


== Campaign Finance ==
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==References==
The [[Monsanto Citizenship Fund]] from [[Monsanto]] donated $1000 on June 24 2013 to the campaign via '''Northey for Iowa Agriculture'''<ref>http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/287/13941177287/13941177287.pdf</ref>.
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/billnorthey.asp Office Website]
* [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=72418 VoteSmart bio]
* [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=72418 VoteSmart bio]
* [http://billnorthey.com/ Northey for Iowa Agriculture Website]
* [http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Bill_Northey Ballotpedia]
* [http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/72418/bill-northey Votesmart]
* [http://influenceexplorer.com/politician/northey-bill/6f6039f423af49a08f1830dfe2e01fda Influence Explorer]
* [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=140115 Follow the Money]

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Revision as of 21:14, 21 July 2013

Bill Northey
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2, 2007
Preceded byPatty Judge
Personal details
Born (1959-05-27) May 27, 1959 (age 65)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseCindy
ChildrenThree children
ResidenceSpirit Lake, Iowa
Alma materIowa State University Southwest Minnesota State University
Website[4]

William Howard "Bill" Northey (born May 27, 1959)[1][2] is an Iowan politician, a member of the Republican Party, and the current Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. He was elected on November 7, 2006 and was sworn in on January 2, 2007. As Secretary of Agriculture he leads the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

Education and family

He graduated from Iowa State University with an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Business in 1981 and was a member of the FarmHouse Fraternity, serving as its president during his senior year. Northey received a Master in Business Administration degree from Southwest Minnesota State University in 2004.

Bill and his wife Cindy have three daughters. Jessica received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Iowa State University in Accounting. Emily graduated with an undergraduate degree in Hotel, Restaurant & Institution Management, also from Iowa State University. Katie is attending Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.[when?] The family was active in Faith Evangelical Free Church in Spirit Lake.[when?] Bill has served as deacon, Sunday school teacher and chairman of various committees at the church.[3]

Career in agriculture

Throughout his career in agriculture, Northey has been a leader in a variety of farm groups. From 1995-96, he served as president of the National Corn Growers Association and was chairman of the group in 1996-97. He also has led a number of committees for the Corn Growers.

Like his grandfather, E. Howard Hill, who served as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau from 1947–1963, Northey has been active in the Iowa Farm Bureau. He was named a “Friend of Agriculture” by the Iowa Farm Bureau Political Action Committee in 2006 and has served in a number of Farm Bureau offices at the county and state level, including serving as president, vice president and committee chairman of the Dickinson County Farm Bureau.

Northey has also served on the Iowa USDA Farm Service Agency State Committee, was a Dickinson County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner and was a board member of Ag Ventures Alliance.

As a result of his involvement in these organizations, he has traveled around the world to view agriculture.[clarification needed] He has traveled to Taiwan, Japan (five times), Indonesia and Singapore (to the WTO Secretariat) representing Iowa farmers. He has also traveled to another 12 countries studying agriculture production and policy.

Northey was also co-founder and president of Innovative Growers, LLC, which is an organization hatched from ISU Extension Leadership. Innovative Growers is a farmer-owned and farmer-managed group designed to capitalize on demand for the production of specialty grain products. On his farm, Northey employs the farming practices of reduced tillage, GPS, grid soil sampling and identity preserved production. He raises crops of corn, soybeans, and alfalfa and has raised hogs in the past.

2006 election

Northey ran for Secretary of Agriculture on a platform of expanding opportunities in renewable energy, promoting conservation and stewardship, and telling the story of Iowa agriculture. He ran against Democrat Denise O'Brien. He won the election 51% to 49%. In 2010, he was reelected by a margin of 63% to 37% against Democrat Francis Thicke.[4]

Northey has committed to traveling to each of Iowa's 99 counties to hear from farmers and rural residents who have a stake in the future of Iowa agriculture.

Campaign Finance

The Monsanto Citizenship Fund from Monsanto donated $1000 on June 24 2013 to the campaign via Northey for Iowa Agriculture[5].

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/
  4. ^ [3] Retrieved December 21, 2008
  5. ^ http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/287/13941177287/13941177287.pdf


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