Departemen Pertanian Amerika Serikat

Departemen Pertanian Amerika Serikat (; disingkat USDA, biasa disebut Agriculture Department) adalah departemen eksekutif federal pemerintah A.S. yang bertugas membuat dan melaksanakan kebijakan pemerintah mengenai pertanian, kehutanan, dan pangan. Departemen ini bertujuan memenuhi kebutuhan para petani dan peternak, mempromosikan perdagangan dan produksi hasil tani, menjamin keselamatan makanan, melindungi sumber daya alam, mendorong komunitas pedesaan, dan mengakhiri kelaparan di Amerika Serikat dan negara lain.

Departemen ini dipimpin oleh Menteri Pertanian yang merupakan anggota Kabinet Amerika Serikat. Menteri Pertanian A.S. saat ini adalah Tom Vilsack.

Organisasi

Aktif 
 Menteri Pertanian Amerika Serikat
 Wakil Menteri Pertanian Amerika Serikat
 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
 Farm Service Agency
 Foreign Agricultural Service
 Risk Management Agency
 Commodity Credit Corporation
 Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment
 United States Forest Service
 Natural Resources Conservation Service
 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development
 Rural Housing Service
 Rural Utilities Service
 Rural Business-Cooperative Service
 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
 Food and Nutrition Service
 Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety
 Food Safety and Inspection Service
 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics
 Agricultural Research Service
 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
 Economic Research Service
 National Agricultural Library
 National Agricultural Statistics Service
 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
 Agricultural Marketing Service
 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Tidak aktif 
 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) (ganti nama menjadi Farm Service Agency)
 Animal Damage Control (ganti nama menjadi Wildlife Services)
 Soil Conservation Service (SCS) ganti nama menjadi Natural Resources Conservation Service
 Section of Vegetable Pathology, Division of Botany (1887–90)
 ganti nama menjadi Division of Vegetable Pathology (1890–95)
 ganti nama menjadi Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology (1895-1900)
 digabung dengan Bureau of Plant Industry

Lihat pula 
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Food and Drug Administration
 Endangered Species Act
 Migratory Bird Treaty Act
 National Transportation Safety Board
 The Wildlife Society
 US Fish and Wildlife Service

Referensi

Pranala luar 

 United States Department of Agriculture and public domain policy .
 USDA National Nutrient Database
 National Archives document of the USDA's origins
 Report: USDA Regulatory Policy Has Been 'Hijacked' by Agribusiness Industry - July 23, 2004.
 USDA releases 180-Day Report on Avian Influenza efforts and supplemental spending  H5N1 efforts.
 USDA Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets
 USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Nutrient Lists  Search By Nutrient
 USDA Awards $97 M for Renewable Energy Projects
 USDA Bets the Farm on Animal ID Program
 USDA Nutrition Information 
 Proposed and finalized federal regulations from the United States Department of Agriculture 
 Historic technical reports from USDA (and other Federal agencies) are available in the Technical Reports Archive and Image Library (TRAIL)
 

 
Kementerian pertanian
Pertanian
Pendirian tahun 1889 di Amerika Serikat