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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on March 01, 2018, 12:08:55 am
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become an undersecretary in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Northey, a Spirit Lake farmer, has been Iowa’s agriculture secretary for 11 years.
He becomes the undersecretary of farm production and conservation, a position created in May during reorganization of the USDA. Northey will oversee the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Risk Management Agency.
Read more at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/27/iowa-agriculture-secretary-northey-approved-for-us/ (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/27/iowa-agriculture-secretary-northey-approved-for-us/)