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The New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture is the Secretary of Agriculture for New Jersey. The Secretary of Agriculture heads the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and is apart of the New Jersey Governor's cabinet. This position has been around since 1916 with the founding of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture by Governor James Fielder.[1][2] The current Secretary of Agriculture for New Jersey is Edward D Wengryn, appointed by Governor Phil Murphy in March of 2024.[3][4][5]

Secretary of Agriculture (New Jersey)
Incumbent
Edward D. Wengryn
since March 2024
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Reports toGovernor of New Jersey
SeatTrenton, New Jersey
AppointerGovernor of New Jersey
First holderAlva Agee
Salary$175,000 USD
Websitehttps://www.nj.gov/agriculture/about/secr/secretary.html

Role

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The role of the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture is to head the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and to see that it is doing its job in helping with agriculture. This can be through planning how to help the agriculture market or struggling businesses centered around agriculture, to even helping with healthy meals in New Jersey's schools and educating those in school about agriculture.[6][7]

List of New Jersey Secretaries of Agriculture

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  Democratic Governor (15)   Republican Governor (16)

New Jersey Secretaries of Agriculture
No. Name Took Office Left Office Governor
1. Alva Agee 1916 1925   James Fielder
  Walter Evans Edge
  William Nelson Runyan
  Clarence E. Case
  Edward I. Edwards
  George Sebastian Silzer
2. William Duryee 1925 1938   George Sebastian Silzer
  A. Harry Moore
  Morgan Foster Larson
  A. Harry Moore
  Clifford Ross Powell
  Horace Griggs Prall
  Harold G. Hoffman
3. Willard H. Allen 1938 1956   A. Harry Moore
  Charles Eddison
  Walter Evans Edge
  Alfred E. Driscoll
  Robert B. Meyner
4. Philip Alampi 1956 1982   Robert B. Meyner
  Richard J. Hughes
  William T. Cahill
  Brendan Byrne
5. Arthur R. Brown Jr. 1982 2002   Thomas Kean
  James Florio
  Christine Todd Whitman
  Donald DiFrancesco
6. Charles M. Kuperus 2002 2008   John Farmer Jr.
  John O. Bennett
  Richard Codey
  Jim McGreevey
  Richard Codey
  Jon Corzine
7. Douglas H. Fisher 2008 2023   Jon Corzine
  Chris Christie
  Phil Murphy
Joe Atchison III

(Interim Secretary)

2023 2024   Phil Murphy
8. Edward D. Wengyrn

(Acting Secretary)

2024 Incumbent   Phil Murphy

References

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  1. ^ "How the Secretary of Agriculture gets his job". Observer. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  2. ^ Wildstein, David (2023-03-11). "A primer on how New Jersey picks its Secretary of Agriculture". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  3. ^ shughes. "Secretary of Agriculture". Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  4. ^ Johnson, Greg (1900-01-01). "New Jersey names new Secretary of Agriculture". Produce Blue Book. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  5. ^ Staff, ROI-NJ (2024-03-25). "Ed Wengryn selected as New Jersey's new secretary of agriculture". ROI-NJ. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  6. ^ shughes. "Office of the Secretary". Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  7. ^ shughes. "About NJDA". Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2024-07-07.