William Brent Jackson (born November 8, 1957) is an American politician and businessman serving as a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate, representing the 9th district, which includes Jones, Duplin, Pender, Bladen, and Sampson counties.

[1][2] Jackson is the founder of Jackson Farming Company, an agricultural business that grows watermelons, cantaloupes, honeydews, strawberries, pumpkins, squash, slicer cucumbers, sweet potatoes, corn, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, and flue-cured tobacco.

[3] In 2015, Jackson authored an ag-gag bill subsequently made law after the legislature overrode a veto by Governor Pat McCrory.

[4] In May 2019, a building owned by Jackson Farming Company suffered significant fire damage and was destroyed.

[5] Jackson was born in Clinton, North Carolina and lives in Autryville with Debbie, his wife of 41 years.