North Dakota Lawmaker Resigns to Take Federal USDA Post

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(North Dakota Monitor) – State Rep. Jared Hagert, R-Emerado, resigned from the North Dakota Legislature to take a job in the federal government, according to his resignation letter.

The Red River Farm Network reported Hagert is expected to be named to a post within the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. Hagert said in the letter the post is in Washington, D.C., but he declined to discuss specifics Monday until the agency announces the position.

“It’s a great opportunity to serve the farm community and give another voice that has been there, on the farm, and in the Upper Midwest and bring that perspective to the USDA,” Hagert said in an interview.

Hagert, a farmer and owner of Integrated Ag Services, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2020. He has served as vice chair of the Legislature’s Finance and Taxation Committee since 2023 and led interim committees in 2023 and 2025. In 2018, he represented North Dakota on the Farm Service Agency State Committee.