Agriculture Commissioner (state executive office)
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In the United States, theagriculture commissioner refers to the head of a state's agriculture department, division, or agency. It is a state-level position within the executive branch of all 50 states. The title and duties of the office vary from state to state, but the general role is to oversee regulation of various facets of the agriculture industry as well as the promotion of state agribusiness. This state executive office is most commonly appointed rather than elected, with only 12 states using the ballot to select their agriculture commissioners. Besides commissioner, other titles assigned to the role of state agriculture chief include "director" and "secretary" (for example,Iowa Secretary of Agriculture andMissouri Director of Agriculture).
This page details the method of selecting agriculture commissioners across the country, which is available by clickinghere. There is also anelection history detailing Ballotpedia's coverage of agriculture commissioner elections dating back to 2010. Ballotpedia also covers theU.S. Department of Agriculture through ourExecutive Branch portal.
Current officeholders
List of current agriculture commissioners
Comparison across states
Election history
2025
No state held elections for agriculture commissioner in 2025.
2024
Two states held elections for agriculture commissioner in 2024:
2023
Three states held elections for agriculture commissioner in 2023:
2022
Seven states held elections for agriculture commissioner in 2022:
See also
- State executive offices
- State executive official elections, 2022
- State executive official elections, 2023
- State executive official elections, 2024
