Patrick Murphy

Board of Directors, District 9

Counties: Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan and Prince Edward

Beef cattle farmer Patrick Murphy of Prospect was elected December 2025 to a three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Murphy formerly served for three years as vice president of Prince Edward County Farm Bureau.

In addition to his Farm Bureau involvement, Murphy has served as county forester for the Virginia Department of Forestry for the past 25 years. He formerly served in various roles related to wildlife suppression within that organization.

Murphy also has served as a Boy Scouts of America leader for 14 years, and as vice president of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department for four years.

He is the owner and operator of Double M Cattle Company, a cow-calf operation that also produces beef cattle and custom hay. A “forester by trade and farmer by choice,” Murphy also manages 185 acres of timberland.

He and his wife, Christy, are members of Glenn Memorial Baptist Church. Their son serves as a firefighter in Chesterfield County while assisting with the cattle operation, and their daughter is an emergency room nurse in Charlottesville.