One of Iowa’s most outspoken water quality advocates is headed to the general election for Secretary of Agriculture. This race could end up being about a lot more than farming. 🌽💧 #IowaNews #IowaPolitics #WaterQuality #IowaAgriculture #Election2026

In 2018, an outside group backed by major agricultural interests spent hundreds of thousands helping elect Mike Naig. 👀 Welcome back to NAIG-LEGENCE. #NAIGlegence #MikeNaig #IowaPolitics #IowaAgriculture #IowaNews

Campaign donations don’t prove policy was bought. But when the companies being regulated are also helping fund the regulator’s campaign? I think Iowans deserve to see the receipts. 💰 Welcome back to NAIG-LEGENCE. #NAIGlegence #MikeNaig #IowaPolitics #IowaAgriculture #IowaNews

The label is the law. But what happens when Iowa actually finds a pesticide violation? Welcome back to NAIG-LEGENCE, where today’s magic number is apparently $500. 🙃 #NAIGlegence #MikeNaig #PesticideDrift #IowaNews #IowaAgriculture

“Pesticide misuse” sounds very bureaucratic until it’s your yard, your crops, or your family. And not everyone reports it. Part 2 of NAIG-LEGENCE 🌽 #IowaNews #MikeNaig #PesticideDrift #IowaAgriculture #NAIGlegence

I started digging into Iowa’s pesticide enforcement system and, well… welcome to NAIG-LEGENCE. 😬 This is only Part 1. We’re following the numbers, the enforcement, and what happened under Mike Naig’s leadership. #IowaNews #MikeNaig #IowaAgriculture #PesticideDrift #IowaPolitics

Fairfield, I’m gonna need y’all to cover for me. 😂 Chris Jones for IA AgSecretary is coming to town, so show up, ask questions, and make me proud. #IowaNews #IowaPolitics #FairfieldIowa #CleanWater #IowaAgriculture

A new report found thousands more Iowa livestock operations than appear in the state database. They may be legal, but should Iowa be tracking more when nitrate levels are already a concern? #IowaNews #WaterQuality #IowaAgriculture #Nitrates #IowaPolitics

Year-round E15 is being sold as another big win for Iowa. But if ethanol is such a strong, competitive industry, why does it still need federal mandates to guarantee demand? #IowaNews #Ethanol #IowaAgriculture #WaterQuality #IowaPolitics

What if improving Iowa’s water quality also meant creating new markets for Iowa farmers? TonyThompson - candidate for Iowa Senate District 23, talks crop diversity, oats, and putting research to work. 🌾 #IowaNews #IowaPolitics #WaterQuality #IowaAgriculture #SD23

This is the kind of conversation I want to see more of. Iowa farmers talking honestly about what’s working, what isn’t, and where we go from here. 🌽💧 The Lobe Rangers #IowaNews #IowaWater #WaterQuality #IowaAgriculture #IowaPolitics

Follow the money. 👀 Criticizing Big Ag isn’t the same thing as criticizing Iowa farmers, and voters deserve to know who’s funding the people making agriculture policy. #IowaNews #IowaPolitics #IowaFarmers #CampaignFinance #IowaAgriculture

Seven years later, Iowa’s own data tells the story. The scoreboard kept receipts. 🧾👀 #IowaNews #IowaPolitics #WaterQuality #IowaAgriculture #NitrateNaig

Trump’s new executive order could change the game for small meat processors and ranchers. But the details, and the contradictions, matter. 🥩🇺🇸 #IowaNews #IowaAgriculture #BeefIndustry #IowaFarmers #MeatProcessing