Two Oklahoma Farm Bureau members were tapped as Oklahoma’s United States Department of Agriculture state directors by President Donald Trump on Thursday, Aug. 21.
Eddie Fields of Osage County was named state executive director for Oklahoma’s Farm Service Agency, and Zac Swartz of Canadian County was appointed as state director for rural development in Oklahoma.
Fields is a third-generation cattleman and agricultural producer from Wynona. He has served as chairman of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission and has served on the Oklahoma Mining Commission. He is also a former state senator and state representative, serving the people of Oklahoma from 2008-2018.
Swartz is a native of Sulphur and has worked as an advocate and a leader for rural Oklahoma in numerous capacities, including his time as the coordinator of OKFB’s Young Farmers and Ranchers program and as a member of OKFB’s public policy department from 2015-2023.
“We are thrilled to have two Oklahoma Farm Bureau members appointed as USDA state directors,” said OKFB President Rodd Moesel. “Farmers, ranchers and rural residents around the state rely on programs and services administered by FSA and rural development that enrich families and rural communities. The expertise these two leaders bring to their positions will be an asset to rural Oklahomans from every corner of the state.”
FSA state directors help implement President Trump’s America First agenda and execute the USDA’s policies in planning, organizing, and administering FSA programs through state offices across the country. Rural development state directors help affirm the mission of the Trump Administration by focusing on finding ways to empower rural America and unleash economic prosperity.
