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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 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.
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 Commissioner of Agriculture is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina.The commissioner is a constitutional officer who serves as the head of the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which is responsible for promoting agriculture in the state.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture continues to be consistently underfunded with a significant number of the departmental staff making less than the living wage for a family with one child. We ...
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Candidates for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture: Top: Republicans Wilton Simpson and James Shaw; Bottom: Democrats J.R. Gaillot, Naomi Esther Blemur and Ryan Morales
The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is headed by the commissioner, who is elected statewide to a four-year term. The commissioner is assisted in managing the department by a chief of staff, three deputy commissioners and one assistant deputy commissioner.