Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey, was one of the corn growers attending the Iowa Corn Indy 250. Here he is in the photo being interviewed by Ken Root. I took my turn with him afterward.
Bill spent two weeks in Korea and China visiting customers of U.S. farm products. He says they discussed and argued a little bit about pork imports but they certainly will keep buying soybeans and even talked “under their breath” about buying some corn. He says “we’d still love to see more pork and beef going in to china.” On the subject of flooding there are some very devastated areas but the state still has a huge crop in the ground. When it comes to the Iowa Corn Indy 250 he can’t say enough about the exposure the industry receives from the race.
You can listen to my interview with Bill here: Bill Northey Interview