United States Department of Agriculture
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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Seal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture | |
Logo of the U.S. Department of Agriculture | |
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Agency overview | |
Formed | May 15, 1862 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 |
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.
Hemp for Victory, a short documentary produced by the department during World War II
The Secretary of Agriculture's office is located in the Jamie L. Whitten Building.
USDA Visitor's Center in the Jamie L. Whitten Building