WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — A farm truck in Washington D.C. is how Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson remembers former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey. Northey was honored posthumously ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — One of the few areas of widespread agreement in these early days of the Iowa legislative ...

Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson reflects on Bill Northey’s legacy after he received the 2026 Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award.

CEDAR RAPIDS - The nomination of Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey to be an undersecretary at the USDA was approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday and sent to the full Senate.

With the approach Thursday of the anniversary of the state's bird flu outbreak, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey outlined steps taken by poultry farmers and government agencies to better ...

DES MOINES - State Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey told Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday he hopes the GOP-run Legislature approves a long-term proposal early in the 2018 session to finance conservation ...

DES MOINES - Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday congratulated Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey for being selected to serve in a U.S. Department of Agriculture post and expects to have 'a lot of ...

DES MOINES n Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said Friday that he"s weighing a possible run for governor in 2010. Northey, speaking on a taping of Iowa Public Television"s "Iowa Press," said ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey offered hail-stricken Fayette County farmers little in the way of immediate relief during a tour of several farms Friday. Their best hope, he said, is a ...