DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said the United States needs to explore new global markets amid ongoing trade wars, referencing a recent Iowa delegation trip to India as an area where Iowa farmers could expand business.
Naig discussed the issue at a Sept. 17 news conference at Maxwell Custom Beef in Des Moines, where he announced the recipients of nine Choose Iowa Butchery Innovation Grants. The Choose Iowa grants, totaling $355,000, provide funding for equipment upgrades and facility improvements for small-scale meat processing plants across the state.
As harvest season approaches, the agriculture secretary acknowledged that “certainly, prices are not where we would like them to be,” especially for soybeans…