Hypoxia Task Force Visits ISU BioCentury FarmBill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and co-chair of the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, coordinated a meeting of the two organizations at the ISU BioCentury Research Farm on Sept. 12, 2012. The joint meeting provided an opportunity for more than 40 exhibitors to showcase new technologies and emerging sciences that offer ways to reduce nutrient transport into waterways. Attendees were joined by Iowa farm and conservation leaders and Iowa State University faculty and staff to learn about efforts to combine profitable production with environmental protection. |