William Howard Northey (born May 27, 1959) is an American politician serving as the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation in the United States Department of Agriculture since 2018.
A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa, first elected on November 7, 2006 and sworn in on January 2, 2007.
In that position he led he led the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.