Asa Hutchinson Taps Wes Ward for Ag Secretary

Wes Ward

Governor Asa Hutchinson wants Wes Ward of Lake City to serve as the next Secretary of Agriculture for the state.

Hutchinson submitted Ward’s name Friday. Ward, an Arkansas State University graduate, has degrees agricultural business and in agricultural and food law. He also served as a captain and civil affairs officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. 

“Wes Ward is someone who understands Arkansas’s important place in the world when it comes to agriculture, and his credentials make him impeccably well suited to this job,” Hutchinson said. “Because of his experience, education and knowledge of the field, I have no doubt that Wes Ward will do an outstanding job for the state of Arkansas.”