Events and Activities : Northey to speak at Research Farm, March 18

NASHUA – Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey and Ag Economist Mike Duffy will speak at the annual meeting of the Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association (NEIAEA) at the ISU Northeast Research Farm near Nashua.

The program starts at 9:30 a.m. with a Call to Order for the board meeting. From 10:00 a.m. to Noon will be key presentations from Bill Northey and Mike Duffy. Northey will discuss Iowa Agriculture’s Essential Role in Water Quality. Duffy will address Iowa Land values: How we got here and where are we going? After lunch, Ken Pecinovsky, Research Farm Superintendent, will review results from the research farm trials conducted in 2014.

Provided free at the meeting is the 2014 Research Farm Report. Lunch will be offered by the Riverton Lucky Clovers 4-H Club. Following lunch and Pecinovsky’s presentation, the NEIAEA board of directors will meet.

The meeting is free and open to the public. The program will be held at the Borlaug Learning Center on the ISU Northeast Research Farm. Directions: From Nashua at the Jct of Hwy 218 (Exit 220) and Co. Rd. B60, go west on B60 1.1 miles to Windfall Ave., then south 1 mile to 290th St., then east 0.2 miles to the farm. For more information about the event, call Terry Basol at 641-426-6801.