Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and EPA Administrator Jackson to Travel to Iowa for Meetings with Farmers and Renewable Energy Leaders

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Title: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and EPA Administrator Jackson to Travel to Iowa for Meetings with Farmers and Renewable Energy Leaders

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Media Advisory No. 5066.11

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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and EPA Administrator Jackson to Travel to Iowa for Meetings with Farmers and Renewable Energy Leaders

 

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2011 – Tuesday, April 19, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be joined by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson in Iowa to discuss USDA and EPA’s work with the agricultural community during visits to local farms and a biodiesel plant.

 

A press availability will follow the last event and will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. CDT.

 

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

 

8:30 a.m. CDT

WHAT:          Visit Monty Collins’ Livestock Farm

 

WHERE:       553 50th Place

Pleasantville, Iowa

 

 

11:00 a.m. CDT

WHAT:          Tour of REG Newton, LLC, meeting with officials of the biodiesel plant to discuss renewable energy efforts.

 

WHERE:       3426 E 28th St.

                     Newton, Iowa

 

 

12:00 p.m. CDT

WHAT:      Gordon Wassenaar’s Farm, 1600 acre row crop farm.  Secretary Vilsack and Administrator Jackson will hold a press availability following the visit to the farm in Prairie City.

 

WHERE:       8718 W 109th Street South

Prairie City, Iowa

 

 

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