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)
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