SC H4505

Honors and congratulates W.R. "Cody" Simpson III of Clarendon County on his appointment by President Donald J. Trump as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of South Carolina

Simpson is a fifth-generation South Carolina farmer from Manning who operates W.R. Simpson Farms LLC in Clarendon County

Holds an undergraduate degree from Francis Marion University and a master's degree in business administration

Previously served as chief executive assistant and agriculture advisor to South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster

Also serves as a major and aide-de-camp in the South Carolina State Guard and is a member of the National Governors Association's Land Management, Agriculture, Wildlife, and Rural Communities Advisory Network