Rural Reminisce: Bill Northey

Bill Northey is an Iowa farm boy who took on leadership roles in farm organizations before stepping into politics and being elected Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.  He kept that role until he moved to the USDA during the Trump Administration and served as Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation.  

Ken Root has reported on Northey since he was the unlikely winner of the highly contested Agriculture Secretary race in 2006.  Root and Northey traveled together on two trade missions: China and Brazil.  They also had many other colorful encounters.  Root asked whether he may return to public service as US Secretary of Agriculture or run for Governor of Iowa.