Ag Secretary Naig Visits Delaware & Dubuque Counties

Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig visited Delaware and Dubuque counties on Monday.

Secretary Naig stopped at FarmTek in Dyersville to visit and tour FarmTek and chat with company leaders and employees. He also learned about the innovative work being done there and discussed current challenges and opportunities for their business. While on the tour, they discussed the impacts of tariffs and trade. State Senators Carrie Koelker and Dan Zumbach joined Secretary Naig on the visit. 

Secretary Naig also visited the New Melleray Monastery in the Peosta area. He met with Forest Manager John Schroeder to tour the conservation buffer strips established on the rural land owned by the Monastery. His visit also highlighted the Department’s new streamside buffer initiative that provides cost-share for farmers and landowners willing to install buffer strips in eligible prioritity watersheds. Dubuque County is an area of the state that is eligible. For those interested in learning more, details on the buffer initiative can be found here: https://iowaagriculture.gov/news/streamside-buffer-pilot-project

Secretary Naig also made a stop at CGB Grain in Clayton County.

photos courtesy of Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig