IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE MIKE NAIG HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.
NAIG WAS FIRST ELECTED SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE IN 2018 AND REELECTED IN 2022, RECEIVING THE MOST VOTES OF ANY CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT THAT YEAR.
SINCE FIRST BEING ELECTED, HE CREATED AND EXPANDED THE CHOOSE IOWA PROGRAM TO SUPPORT SMALL FARMERS AND FOOD BUSINESSES BY CONNECTING THEM WITH CONSUMERS, HELPED EXPAND ACCESS TO E15 FUEL, AND SECURED RECORD INVESTMENT IN WATER QUALITY FUNDING.
NAIG SAYS HIS PRIORITIES INCLUDE CONTINUING TO GROW LOCAL, DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR IOWA AGRICULTURE, WORKING WITH FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS TO ADOPT CONSERVATION PRACTICES THAT PROTECT SOIL AND WATER WHILE KEEPING FARMS PRODUCTIVE, AND ENSURING IOWA’S NEXT GENERATION SEES OPPORTUNITY IN AGRICULTURE AND OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES.
HE IS A NATIVE OF PALO ALTO COUNTY, WHO GREW UP ON HIS FAMILY’S CENTURY FARM IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE NEAR CYLINDER, WHERE HE CONTINUES TO FARM ALONGSIDE HIS DAD AND UNCLE TODAY.
