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Chairman — Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
John Boozman is a Republican senator from Arkansas. Congress.gov records his Senate service beginning in 2011 after five terms representing Arkansas’s 3rd Congressional District in the House.
Profile updated Aug 16, 2026
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John Boozman is a Republican senator from Arkansas. Congress.gov records his Senate service beginning in 2011 after five terms representing Arkansas’s 3rd Congressional District in the House.
Open biography & office record ↓John Boozman is a Republican senator from Arkansas. Congress.gov records his Senate service beginning in 2011 after five terms representing Arkansas’s 3rd Congressional District in the House.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry identifies Boozman as its chairman. The committee oversees federal agriculture, nutrition, conservation, forestry and rural-development policy, including the periodic farm bill.
Boozman released revised text for the Agricultural Act of 2026, branded by the committee as “Farm Bill 2.0,” on July 31 ahead of an August 6 committee markup. The committee says the package incorporates farm-program, rural-development, nutrition and year-round E15 provisions. This record describes his committee role and the documented proposal, not the merits of the policy choices.
As Agriculture Committee chairman, Boozman released revised legislative text July 31, 2026 ahead of the committee’s August 6 markup.