Department Of Agriculture Usa

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What is agricultural science and technology. Share sensitive information only on official secure websites. Secure gov websites use https a lock a locked padlock or https means youve safely connected to the gov website. United states department of agriculture.

Data usda has several agencies that perform research to provide analysis and statistics including the economic research service foreign agricultural service and national agricultural statistics service. Agriculture is a major industry in the united states which is a net exporter of food. Meat and poultry hotline.

Food defense and emergency response. The department of agriculture provides leadership on food agriculture natural resources and related issues. About fsis district offices careers contact us ask usda askfsis en espanol site map a z index help topics careers.

Fooddata central takes the analysis compilation and presentation of nutrient and food component data to a new level. On may 15 1862 president abraham lincoln signed legislation to establish the united states department of agriculture and two and a half years later in his final message to congress lincoln called usda the peoples department through our work on food agriculture economic development science natural resource conservation and other. Department of agriculture usda child nutrition programs.

Can be used by and has benefits for a variety of users including researchers policy makers academicians and educators nutrition and health professionals product developers and others. A gov website belongs to an official government organization in the united states. The 2012 usda plant hardiness zone map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location.

Usda plant hardiness zone map. Food and drug administration fda with the us. Food safety and inspection service.

Usda recognizes that conservation by farmers ranchers and forest owners today means thriving and sustainable agriculture for our future. Although agricultural activity occurs in every state in the union it is particularly concentrated in the great plains a vast expanse. As of the 2007 census of agriculture there were 22 million farms covering an area of 922 million acres 1441000 sq mi an average of 418 acres 169 hectares per farm.