(Des Moines, Iowa) – U-S Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, today (Saturday, Aug. 9 2025) announced an Atlantic man, Glen R. Smith, is her nominee for Undersecretary of Rural Development. Rollins made the announcement Saturday afternoon during the Governor’s Steer Show at the Iowa State Fair. (Audio courtesy O. Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa)

Glen R. Smith (right) listens as Ag Sec Brooke Rollins introduces him as her nominee for Under Secretary of Rural Development (Photo courtesy O. Kay Henderson – Radio Iowa)

Glen R. Smith has spent most of his life in rural America, engaged in farming and agri-business. In recent years, Glen has served on the Board of Directors of the Farm Credit Administration in Washington D.C. He is a graduate of Iowa State University. Glen and his wife Fauzan have four grown children and six grandchildren.

In 1982, Smith co-founded Smith Land Service, a company that specializes in farm management, land appraisal, and farmland brokerage services. He also owns and serves as president of Smith Generation Farms, Inc., a family farm operation in western Iowa that includes 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans.