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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 "State departments of agriculture of the United States" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The agriculture commissioners are organized at the national level by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. [ 1 ] The agriculture commissioner is elected in 12 states: Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , North Carolina , North Dakota , South Carolina , Texas , and West Virginia .
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.
The department's progenitor was the 1884 New York State Dairy Commission that inspected dairy production and sales facilities, which was abolished in 1893 and its functions transferred to the Department of Agriculture that inspected farms, set agricultural quality standards, and operated agricultural experiment stations.
On October 13, 1994, the Department of Agriculture was reorganized under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. Under that act, USDA Rural Development was created to administer the former Farmers Home Administration 's (FmHA) non-farm financial programs for rural housing ...
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the United States Department of Agriculture agency that was formed by merging the farm loan portfolio and staff of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). The Farm Service Agency implements agricultural policy, administers credit and loan ...
The department expanded over the following decades. [3] In 1936, W. Kerr Scott ran for the office of commissioner. During his campaign he pledged to bring the North Carolina State Fair under the full control of the Department of Agriculture, deriding the contemporary practice of leasing the management of the event to a third party.