United States Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
	Seal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
	Logo of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
	Flag of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agency overview
Formed	May 15, 1862; 161 years ago; Cabinet status: February 15, 1889
Preceding agency	Agricultural Division
Jurisdiction	U.S. federal government
Headquarters	Jamie L. Whitten Building; 1301 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.
Employees	105,778 (June 2007)
Annual budget	US$151 billion (2017)
Agency executives	Tom Vilsack, Secretary ; Jewel H. Bronaugh, Deputy Secretary
Website
	USDA.gov

The United States Department of Agriculture (also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA) is a United States Federal Executive Department (or Cabinet Department). Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on farming, agriculture, and food.

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United States Department Of Agriculture Media

Harvey Washington Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agriculture's Division of Chemistry (third from the right) with his staff in 1883
The first Department of Agriculture Building on the National Mall around 1895
The Jamie L. Whitten Building in Washington D.C. is the current USDA headquarters.
A nutrition researcher considers canned peas.
A 1918 call from the United States Department of Agriculture to feed birds in the winter
Hemp for Victory, a short documentary produced by the department during World War II
A guide to improving farmhouse kitchens, put out by the department's Institute of Home Economics, Agricultural Research Service, in 1952
A guide to making clothes, put out by the Institute of Home Economics in 1959
The Secretary of Agriculture's office is located in the Jamie L. Whitten Building.
USDA Visitor's Center in the Jamie L. Whitten Building