He served as his state's agriculture commissioner, which is an elected office, from 1983 to 1991.

The agriculture commissioner has through the years remained an elected position.

Strain won a second term as agriculture commissioner in the primary held on October 22, 2011.

Finally, what involvement does the Agriculture Commissioner have on this issue?

North Carolina agriculture commissioner may not be the loftiest of offices.

You will have to convince the Agriculture Commissioner that we need to go in another direction.

Ross also served as Commissioner of Agriculture for the province from 1883 to 1888.

"It has been the summer from hell," said Bob Crawford, the state's agriculture commissioner.

He was elected as the state's Commissioner of Agriculture, but resigned that post to run for governor in 1948.

In 1988, he ran for statewide election as Commissioner of Agriculture, winning by a large margin.