[citation needed] Boyd was appointed by then-Virginia Governor-elect Tim Kaine to serve as co-chair of his Policy Committee on Agriculture and Forestry during the transition period.
[citation needed] Prior to that, he was appointed by then-Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore to serve on the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission.
[citation needed] After leading public rallies and an intensive NBFA member lobbying effort, Congress approved and President Barack Obama signed into law in December 2010 legislation that set aside $1.15 billion to resolve the outstanding Black farmers cases.
His work on that case, which was resolved when it was grouped with the Black farmers legislation, helped lead to a $3.4 billion legal settlement.
[citation needed] He told National Public Radio in November 2010 that "This has been just a long struggle for the black farmers and for the Cobell case as well.
In August 2022, Boyd appeared on Fox & Friends First, where he discussed the crisis facing America's black farmers and what he deemed the Biden administration's failure to address their issues.