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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
Pages in category "United States Department of Agriculture agencies" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. ... Bureau of Animal Industry;
The ERS was established by Secretary of Agriculture Memorandum 1446, supp. 1, of April 3, 1961. [4] It was subsequently consolidated with other USDA units (including the Economic Development Service, established in 1969, and the Economic Management Support Center, established 1974) into the Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service by ...
The Department of Agriculture was made a Cabinet-level department in 1889. For many years, the Secretary of Agriculture supervised chiefs of bureaus of the department, as was the norm throughout the U.S. government. Subsequently, a single subcabinet position of Assistant Secretary was created.
The Bureau of Animal Industry published many Bulletins and Circulars. Here is a selection: "Circular 46". First International Dairy Congress at Brussels, in 1903 (Report). United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry. 1904. "Circular 151". Competitive Exhibitions of Milk and Cream (Report). United States Department of ...
Established in 1939 by Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace (later Vice President) through the merging and consolidation of various United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) bureaus and programs, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) was tasked with facilitating fair and efficient marketing of American agricultural products, including food, fiber, and specialty crops both ...
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is the foreign affairs agency with primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) overseas programs – market development, international trade agreements and negotiations, and the collection of statistics and market information.
The position of secretary of agriculture was created when the department was elevated to Cabinet status in 1889. The following is a list of secretaries of agriculture, since the creation of the office in 1889.