[2] He continued to consult for the Farm Security Administration between 1939 and 1945 preparing a study of Linn County, Oregon and a report on the Central Valley Project for the Haynes Foundation.

Packard consulted internationally, working as the superintendent of the Delhi State Land Settlement and as the head of the National Irrigation Commission in the Department of Agriculture for the Mexican government.

According to Time Magazine, "the gain to the Greek economy on an original U.S. overseas-aid investment of $43,000 was over $10 million."

This was considered the Marshall Plan's “Rice Miracle.”[5] The people of Anthili, where he was located, erected a marble bust of him.

[6][7] Packard was born in Oak Park, Illinois and received a Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture from Iowa State College and an M.S.