The Harrison and Crawford County Corn Growers Association is hosting a forum later this month with all six of the candidates running to become the next Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 23 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Boulders Conference Center in Denison and will feature a question and answer panel discussion, moderated by veteran Farm Broadcaster and former Iowa Corn District 4 Field Manager, Bruce Gaarder. The candidates attending include: Ray Gaesser, a farmer and former President of the American Soybean Association; Tim Gannon, a farmer, crop insurance agent and a former USDA official for Tom Vilsack; Chad Ingels, a farmer and former Iowa State University Extension Watershed Specialist; Craig Lang, a farmer and former President of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Mike Naig, current Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and the former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; and Dan Zumbach, a farmer and current Iowa State Senator. The candidate forum will give the public the chance to hear from candidates directly just two weeks before the primaries held on June 5. For more information on the event, use the contact points included below this story.
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Harrison/Crawford County Corn Growers Association President, Larry Buss
712-269-2989
