Title of Department Head: secretary of agriculture
Jurisdiction and Mission: helps to increase farm income, overseas markets for goods, and farm production capacity; helps to protect various aspects of the environment; monitors whether agricultural products are meeting quality standards; helps to fight against poverty and malnutrition
Agencies and Commissions: Agricultural Marketing Service; Agricultural Research Service; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; Economic Research Service; Farm Service Agency; Food and Consumer Service; Food Safety and Inspection Service; Foreign Agricultural Service; Forest Service; Grain Inspection; National Agricultural Statistics Service; National Resources Conservation Service; Packers and Stockyards Administration; Rural Business-Cooperative Service; Rural Housing Service; Rural Utilities Service
