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In some states, the agriculture commissioner has more power. For example, in Florida the agriculture commissioner is one of four members of the Florida Cabinet (along with the governor, chief financial officer, and attorney general), giving the commissioner some influence over state policy beyond agriculture. [ 2 ]
The commissioner of agriculture is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Florida that heads the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS). Elected for a four-year mandate that is limited to two consecutive terms of office, the commissioner of agriculture is charged with ...
When the Department of Agriculture was established in 1862, its executive was a non-Cabinet position called the commissioner of agriculture. The commissioners of agriculture were: [ 7 ] United States commissioners of agriculture
The North Carolina commissioner of agriculture is the head of North Carolina's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services whose main goal is providing adequate agricultural supply for the ...
Candidates for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture: Top: Republicans Wilton Simpson and James Shaw; Bottom: Democrats J.R. Gaillot, Naomi Esther Blemur and Ryan Morales
For example, Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture, who is a farmer, openly praised the ban for protecting the state's cattle industry, and Gov. DeSantis announced the signing from behind a podium ...
The 2022 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.Incumbent Democratic Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried was eligible to run for a second term, but she instead ran for governor of Florida in 2022. [1]
For the first time in eight years, Kentucky is guaranteed to have a new commissioner of agriculture. Ryan Quarles, the current commissioner, will reach his term limit this year and Republican ...