(NAFB.com) – The USDA announced Bill Beam as the next administrator of the Farm Service Agency. Beam is a Pennsylvania farmer and president of Rural Investment to Protect our Environment, or RIPE. The new administrator will work with the USDA to provide leadership and manage conservation, commodity, disaster, and farm marketing programs. Beam is the Owner and Operator of Beam Farms, Inc., a fourth-generation farmer raising corn, soy, wheat, hay, specialty crops, and beef in Elverson, Pennsylvania. He’s also a champion for conservation and a no-till producer and served as the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs at the FSA from 2018-2021. He and his staff oversaw the implementation of the farm bill programs that help farmers, ranchers, and forest stewards manage market risks, recover from disasters, and conserve and protect natural resources with the help of over 2,100 state and county FSA offices, and helped oversee the implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill.