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Matt Lohr serves as Virginia’s 14th Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. He was appointed by Governor Bob McDonnell on May 1, 2010.
Raised on a century farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Matt has been passionate about the agricultural industry his entire life. He was very active in the FFA organization where he served as state president and national vice president in the early 1990’s before graduating from Virginia Tech in 1995. Matt and his family currently operate a 250 acre farm that includes commercial poultry, beef, crops, and a U-Pick pumpkin and corn maze agritourism operation.
Matt has been deeply involved in the farm bureau organization, winning the American Farm Bureau “Excellence in Agriculture Award” in 2003. He also served several years as his county farm bureau president and chaired both the Rockingham County Planning Commission and School Board. From 2005 until 2010 Matt represented the 26th House District in the Virginia state legislature.
Matt has two children, ages 6 and 11, who love farm life and are developing their own passion for agriculture. They all stay very busy with sports, 4-H, school events and numerous church activities.
May 14, 2012
Saluting Our Safe, Affordable and Ample Food Supply
April 13, 2012
Virginia Ham in China, Soybeans in Morocco, Apples in Cuba
March 14, 2012
Celebrating Virginia Agriculture and Agriculture Literacy Week in Style
February 10, 2012
A Presidential Beginning to Virginia Agriculture
January 11, 2012
Resolved: to Pay More Attention to Food Safety in 2012
December 14, 2011
The Agricultural Nature of Christmas
November 10, 2011
The Season of Thanksgiving
October 5, 2011
Getting Back to the Farm However You Can
September 13, 2011
Hurricane Irene, Getting Ready and Getting Over It
August 2, 2011
Andrea Lohr: A Lasting Legacy
July 1, 2011
Today’s FFA…Making Your Grandfather Proud
June 13, 2011
Virginia is for Holstein Lovers
May 11, 2011
Virginia is for Horse Lovers
April 15, 2011
Spring – the Season When Plants and Optimism Bloom
March 7, 2011
My Favorite Time of the Year
February 10, 2011
What I Learned At The Virginia Agroterrorism Conference
January 15, 2011
Social Media, the Next Ag Frontier