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Agriculture Department

The Department of Agriculture works to improve and maintain farm income and to develop and expand markets abroad for agricultural products. The Department helps to curb and cure poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. It works to enhance the environment and to maintain production capacity by helping landowners protect the soil, water, forests, and other natural resources. The Department, through inspection and grading services, safeguards and ensures standards of quality in the daily food supply.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) was created by act of May 15, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 2201).

Agency URL:
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome
Sub-agencies:
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Research Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Economic Analysis Staff
Economic Research Service
Farm Service Agency
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Food and Consumer Service
Food and Nutrition Service
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Foreign Agricultural Service
Forest Service
Inspector General Office, Agriculture Department
National Agricultural Library
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Operations Office
Risk Management Agency
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Housing and Community Development Service
Rural Housing Service
Rural Telephone Bank
Rural Utilities Service
Energy Policy and New Uses Office
Procurement and Property Management, Office of
Transportation Office
Advocacy and Outreach Office
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Agriculture Department
U.S. Codex Office
Partnerships and Public Engagement Office
Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
Energy and Environmental Policy Office
Food and Nutrition Administration

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  • Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or Department) is extending the public comment period for the proposed rule titled Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation, published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2026 (91 FR 53827). The notice of proposed rulemaking invited public comment on the proposed rule, the associated draft...

  • Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or Department) is proposing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (2001 Roadless Rule), which established broad prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction, and timber harvesting within inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands. The intent of this proposed action...

  • National Environmental Policy Act

    This document corrects a technical error in the final rule that appeared in the April 3, 2026, Federal Register, titled "National Environmental Policy Act."

  • Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

    This rule codifies a new framework for determining distinct staple food varieties for meeting staple food stocking requirements for retailer participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This rule is needed to implement the previously codified provision of the Agricultural Act of 2014 which increased the minimum number...

  • National Environmental Policy Act

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 3, 2025, with minor changes, as final. The IFR revised departmental regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removed various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. The IFR was in response to the Council on...

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