Bill Northey-Secretary of Agriculture

At the Waukee Rotary we had Bill Northey, the Secretary of Agriculture, share a little bit of background of agriculture and how important it is to keep up with it. Agriculture is more important than a lot of people think. Northey talked about how the demand of crops, such as corn, goes up as the population number continues to rise as well. 
Today, there are about 7 billion people in the world. Northey estimated that number to be at about 9 billion in the next 30-40 years. This means the crops need to be able to keep up and provide enough food for those billions of families. He mentioned that if just Iowa alone were a country, it would be the fourth largest corn producing country in the world. Northey believes it is an honor to be a part of the great agriculture business in this world, because it is today and forever will be a family operation.