Good morning,
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will be participating in the annual Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade on Monday, June 9. Secretary Naig is planning to ride from Mt. Pleasant to Washington as part of part of “Group 2”.
Though he needs to stay on schedule with the group, he would have an opportunity to briefly chat with media in Mt. Pleasant immediately before the ride starts at Midwest Old Threshers, during the break in Germanville (Hope Lutheran Church), or at the Washington County Fairgrounds for the lunch stop.
He will depart Tractorcade from the Washington County Fairgrounds to visit Buser’s Produce in Muscatine County as part of his annual visits to every county. That entire visit is open to the media.
Details are as follows…
Henry County
Monday, June 9
Tractorcade Group 2
Midwest Old Threshers
405 E. Threshers Road
Mt. Pleasant, IA
Group 2 Departs Midwest Threshers at 7:50 a.m.
*Reporters interesting in catching up with Secretary Naig should find him ahead of 7:50am near his tractor in the staging area*
Jefferson County
Monday, June 9
Tractorcade Group 2
Hope Lutheran Church – Old Germanville
1465 Walnut Avenue
Brighton, IA
Group 2 is expected to arrive at 9:47 a.m. and depart at 10:07 a.m.
*Reporters interested in catching up with Secretary Naig should do so somewhere in that break window.*
Washington County
Monday, June 9
Tractorcade Group 2
Washington County Fairgrounds
611 Highway 1
Washington, IA
Group 2 is expected to arrive at 11:47 a.m.
*Reporters interested in catching up with Secretary Naig should do so during the lunch break at the fairgrounds*
Following lunch at the Washington County Fairgrounds, Secretary Naig will be departing Tractorcade and making a visit to Buser’s Produce near Conesville in Muscatine County. That entire stop is also open to the media.
Muscatine County
Monday, June 9
1:30pm to 2:30pm (tentatively)
Buser’s Produce
1051 250th St
Conesville, Iowa
Buser’s Produce is a Choose Iowa member: https://www.chooseiowa.com/busers-produce. Jordan Lyon, Wholesale Manager and Part-Owner, is on the Board of Directors for the Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association. Buser’s Produce grows and sells watermelon, cantaloupe, sweet corn and pumpkins. Secretary Naig will be touring their farm, hearing about their business, chatting about issues facing specialty crop growers, and discussing the Choose Iowa program. The entire visit is open to the media, and there should be an opportunity to chat briefly with Secretary Naig if that is of interest.
Please let me know if you anticipate anyone from your media outlet attending any of the stops on Monday.
Best,
Don McDowell
Submitted by Don McDowell.
