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Welcome to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship's website. Our Department has many functions that touch the lives of Iowans every day, so I hope you will take the time to look around the site and find out more about all we do.

Sincerely,

Bill Northey
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture

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    NORTHEY: BEEKEEPING SCHOOLS TO BE OFFERED AGAIN IN 2012 (Read More)

    FUELS CONTINUE DOWNWARD TREND (Read More)

    NORTHEY UNVEILS 2013 BUDGET REQUEST IN MEETING WITH GOVERNOR (Read More)

    IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP: 25 YEARS OF SERVING IOWANS (Read More)

    Propane Holds Steady; All Other Fuel Prices Down For the Week (Read More)

    NORTHEY ANNOUNCES HIRING OF JIM GILLESPIE AS NEW DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF SOIL CONSERVATION (Read More)

    Lt. Gov. Reynolds, Sec. Northey to co-chair effort to provide homes, help and hope for Haitians (Read More)

    Crude Oil Rises for Second Week in a Row (Read More)

    CATTLEMAN JOE PATTERSON FROM ALTOONA NAMED DECEMBER WERGIN GOOD FARM NEIGHBOR AWARD WINNER (Read More)

    DEC. 14 WEBINAR TO HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO AID FLOOD RECOVERY (Read More)

    MOTOR FUELS DOWN; NATURAL GAS, CRUDE OIL ON THE RISE (Read More)

    NATURAL GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL (Read More)

    TREES FOR TROOPS PRESENTATION AT STATE FAIRGROUNDS NOVEMBER 28 (Read More)

    SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION WEEK NOVEMBER 27 TO DECEMBER 3 (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO TOUR FLOOD DAMAGE IN WOODBURY, MONONA AND HARRISON COUNTIES ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 (Read More)

    NORTHEY: CONSIDER AN IOWA GROWN CHRISTMAS TREE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON (Read More)

    Natural Gas Prices Fall for Third Straight Week, Heating Oil Rises (Read More)

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    NORTHEY: 2011 ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR IOWA FARMERS MARKETS (Read More)

    Natural Gas Prices Fall for Second Straight Week (Read More)

    U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PRESENT AWARD TO IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP’S FEED AND FERTILIZER BUREAU (Read More)

    DROP IN RETAIL GASOLINE, NATURAL GAS & CRUDE OIL PRICES (Read More)

    SHARON ROBERTS OF MARENGO NAMED THE WINNER OF FALL PHOTO CONTEST ON FACEBOOK (Read More)

    NORTHEY REQUESTS NOMINATIONS FOR RENEWABLE FUELS MARKETING AWARDS (Read More)

    NORTHEY: $360,000 AVAILABLE TO REPAIR CONSERVATION PRACTICES (Read More)

    TURKEY FARMER STEVE KIER FROM NEWELL NAMED NOVEMBER WERGIN GOOD FARM NEIGHBOR AWARD WINNER (Read More)

    Retail Gasoline, Propane Prices Fall; All Other Fuels Continue Upward Trend (Read More)

    Crude Oil Up for the Second Week: Motor Fuels and Home Heating Fuels Follow in Step (Read More)

    NORTHEY: OCTOBER IS NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH (Read More)

    Crude Oil Rebounds by $10 in the Past Week While Refined Fuel Prices Hold Steady (Read More)

    WHOLE MILK WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF 10/22/11 FROM FARMERS ALL NATURAL CREAMERY VOLUNTARILY RECALLED DUE TO POSSIBLE HEALTH CONCERNS (Read More)

    USDA Issues Conservation Reserve Program Rental Payments to Help Safeguard Soil and Water on 417,000 Farms (Read More)

    Crude Oil and Refined Fuels Continue Falling in Tandem, Iowa Gas and Diesel Price Now Below National Average (Read More)

    NORTHEY: 12 IOWA ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE GRANTS TO HELP PROMOTE SPECIALTY CROPS (Read More)

    Fall a Great Time for a Farm Visit By Bill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture (Read More)

    CRUDE OIL FALLS FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK, IOWA GAS PRICES REMAIN NEAR NATIONAL AVERAGE (Read More)

    NORTHEY INVITES IOWANS TO PARTICIPATE IN FALL PHOTO CONTEST ON FACEBOOK (Read More)

    NORTHEY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO HELP CELEBRATE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF WATER QUALITY WETLAND INITIATIVE (Read More)

    EIGHT WATERSHEDS TO RECEIVE GRANTS FROM WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT REVIEW BOARD (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO VISIT 6 NORTH IOWA COMMUNITIES SEPTEMBER 8 AND 12 AS PART OF 99 COUNTY TOUR (Read More)

    CENTURY" AND "HERITAGE FARMS" RECOGNIZED DURING IOWA STATE FAIR (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO PARTICIPATE IN AGRICULTURE TOWN MEETINGS WITH GRASSLEY AND LATHAM IN OAKLAND, RED OAK AND ATLANTIC ON AUG. 30 (Read More)

    NORTHEY INVITES IOWANS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IOWA AGRICULTURE IN THE AG BUILDING AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO VISIT MONTICELLO, DURANT AND DAVENPORT ON AUGUST 5 AS PART OF 99 COUNTY TOUR (Read More)

    AS EXTREME HEAT CONTINUES LIVESTOCK FARMERS REMINDED TO REPORT LOSSES TO LOCAL USDA FARM SERVICE AGENCY (Read More)

    IOWA AGRICULTURE EXPORTS TOP $7 BILLION IN 2010 (Read More)

    NORTHEY: 2011 LEGISLATIVE SESSION PRESENTED CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO VISIT 8 NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITIES JULY 28 AND 29 AS PART OF 99 COUNTY TOUR (Read More)

    PUBLIC INVITED TO VIEW MADISON COUNTY CREP WETLAND (Read More)

    Bipartisan agreement to end ethanol tax credit (Read More)

    NORTHEY: FARMERS ENCOURAGED TO UPDATE IOWA HAY AND STRAW DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Read More)

    FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WATER QUALITY AND FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECTS (Read More)

    Trade Mission Opportunity to Interact with Key Customers (Read More)

    NORTHEY: FLOOD DAMAGED GRAIN CONSIDERED ADULTERATED AND CANNOT BE USED FOR FOOD OR FEED (Read More)

    GYPSY MOTH TREATMENT TO TAKE PLACE IN JACKSON, ALLAMAKEE AND WINNESHIEK COUNTIES JUNE 27 TO 30 (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO VISIT GLENWOOD AND SIDNEY ON JUNE 29 AS PART OF 99 COUNTY TOUR (Read More)

    NORTHEY: 11 SCHOOLS RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH "WRAP YOUR OWN-IOWA GROWN" INITIATIVE (Read More)

    NORTHEY: NEW RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR UNUSABLE PLASTIC MINI-BULK TANKS (Read More)

    NORTHEY EXPRESSES CONCERN TO COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ABOUT INCREASING THE DAILY PRICE LIMITS IN CORN FUTURES TRADING (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO VISIT OSKALOOSA, EDDYVILLE AND SIGOURNEY ON MAY 18 AS PART OF 99 COUNTY TOUR (Read More)

    BRIAN AND DEB SAMPSON FROM NEVADA NAMED MAY WERGIN GOOD FARM NEIGHBOR AWARD WINNER (Read More)

    NORTHEY REMINDS ELIGIBLE CENTURY AND HERITAGE FARM OWNERS TO APPLY BEFORE JUNE 1 DEADLINE (Read More)

    NORTHEY TO VISIT LEON, HUMESTON, CHARITON, ALBIA AND MOULTON ON MAY 10 AS PART OF 99 COUNTY TOUR (Read More)

    NORTHEY WELCOMES THREE MEMBERS TO THE STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE (Read More)

    Consider Conservation Needs on the Farm and in Town this Spring (Read More)

    NORTHEY: 15 FARM TO SCHOOL CHAPTERS ACROSS IOWA NOW WORKING TO GET MORE FRESH, LOCAL FOODS ON STUDENTS' PLATES (Read More)

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    NORTHEY: STEVE MOLINE HIRED AS DIVISION DIRECTOR AT IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP (Read More)

    DAVID SCHMIDT FROM WEST LIBERTY NAMED MARCH WERGIN GOOD FARM NEIGHBOR AWARD WINNER (Read More)

    NORTHEY: PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TESTING TO BE OFFERED AT DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Read More)

    Listen to Secretary Northey discussing the pesticide applicator testing options. (Audio)

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