11/05/2025 at 03:00PM
Full committee hearing.
Nominee:
- Glen R. Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development
Glen R. Smith of Atlantic, Iowa has spent most of his life in rural America, engaged in farming and agri-business. Smith was the chair of the Farm Credit Administration from 2019 to 2022, after being appointed to the board of directors by Trump in 2017. He is a graduate of Iowa State University. Smith and his wife Fauzan have four grown children and six grandchildren.
Smith is founder and co-owner of Smith Land Service Company, an ag service company that specializes in farm management, land appraisal, and farmland brokerage, serving about 30 Iowa counties. The Smith family farm, Smith Generation Farms in western Iowa, has grown to encompass roughly 2,000 acres devoted to corn, soybeans, hay, and a small beef cow herd.