Bill Hawks

Who is Bill Hawks?

William T. Hawks, known as Bill Hawks, is an American politician, former civil servant, and an agricultural businessman.

He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics. In 1970, he procured a Master of Science in the same field from the same university.

From 1968 to 1970, Hawks served in the United States Army Reserve and from 1970 to 1972, he served in the Mississippi Army National Guard. Thereafter, Hawks was a member of the Mississippi Air National Guard from 1972 until 1980.

Hawks started farming after finishing graduate school by owning and operating a dairy in DeSoto County in far northwestern Mississippi. In the early 1970s, he began to lease land from neighbors to get started in a row crop operation, often doing custom work for others. Over the years, this has evolved into the multi-faceted operation in place today.

Hawks is currently the managing partner of Hawks Farming, which farms approximately 7,700 acres of land in three counties in northern Mississippi. This operation consists of 5,200 acres of soybeans, 3,000 acres of double-cropped winter wheat, and 2,500 acres of corn.