Garrett Hawkins was first elected the 15th president of Missouri Farm Bureau on December 6, 2020. He was elected to a third two-year term during the organization’s 110th Annual Meeting in December 2024.
Hawkins is the third generation in his family to own and operate the St. Clair County farm in which he lives on today with his children, Adelyn, Colton and Tate. Their primary enterprise is beef cattle production; however, agriculture runs deep in the family and spans livestock, row crop and dairy production.
He was elected to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Board of Directors in January 2024, and in 2025, began service on the executive committee of the American Agricultural Insurance Company. A member of both the St. Clair County Farm Bureau and the St. Clair County Cattlemen’s Association, Hawkins also serves on the Ellett Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, the hospital his great uncle and aunt founded in the 1930s.
Garrett’s professional experience is rooted in service and spans Farm Bureau, state government and agribusiness.
From 2017 to 2019, Garrett served as deputy director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. During his tenure, he worked with Governor Parson and Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn to protect and promote the state’s number one industry.
Prior to public service, Garrett led Farm Bureau’s national lobbying efforts and oversaw the organization’s policy development process for nearly 15 years.
Prior to joining the Farm Bureau staff, Garrett was involved in the organization’s youth programs, including the Ambassador program, Collegiate Farm Bureau (Missouri State University Chapter) and the summer internship program. Youth leadership development has been a passion throughout his career, as he has worked closely with the Missouri FFA Association to provide advocacy training to high school students.
Garrett received an agricultural business degree from Missouri State University. He is a graduate of the Missouri Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow (ALOT) program.
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