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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 Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) is an agency of the government of Missouri that reports to the Governor of Missouri.MDA is responsible for serving, promoting, and protecting the agricultural producers, processors, and consumers of Missouri's food, fuel, and fiber products.
Existing county, state and federal oversight is inadequate. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture's regulatory structure is inadequate to monitor GMOs or to aid in citizens' understanding of their impacts. These impacts have not been properly or independently evaluated. Organic farming is a rapidly expanding sector of Maui's agricultural economy.
One of the most important tools for agriculture in Missouri is almost gone: prairie. Once covering 15 million acres of our state, today we have fewer than 45,000 intact acres — less than one ...
Nov. 17—Concerns over how to control damaging invasive species, including little fire ants, continue to intensify as the state Department of Agriculture discusses rules for the pests. Concerns ...
New Hampshire Department of Agriculture: Shawn Jasper: Commissioner: December 9, 2017: Nonpartisan New Jersey Department of Agriculture: Douglas H. Fisher: Secretary: February 10, 2009: Nonpartisan New Mexico Department of Agriculture: Jeff Witte: Secretary: 2011: Nonpartisan New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets: Richard A. Ball ...
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA or MSPA) (public law 97-470) (January 14, 1983), codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872, is the main federal law that protects farm workers in the United States and repealed and replaced the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (P.L. 88-582).
PHOTO: Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington state Department of Agriculture, poses for a photo with an Asian giant hornet from Japan mounted on a pin in Olympia, Wash., May 4, 2020.