07/23/2025 at 03:00PM
Full committee hearing
Nominee:
- Richard Fordyce, of Missouri, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.
Richard Fordyce previously served in the Trump administration as the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency. His new role will oversee key agencies that directly serve farmers and ranchers, including the Farm Service Agency (FSA), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the Risk Management Agency (RMA).
Fordyce joined Osborn Barr Paramore as business growth director after serving in Trump’s FSA.
In 2013, Fordyce was named Director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture in December 2013 by Governor Jay Nixon. Other organizations that Fordyce has held leadership positions in include the National Biodiesel Board, the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow, University of Missouri Extension and the Northwest Missouri State Fair. He is also one of only three directors from Missouri on the United Soybean Board.
Fordyce and his wife, Renee, grow soybeans and corn as well as raise beef cattle on the family farm in Harrison County.