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In the state governments of the United States, all 50 states have the executive position of agriculture commissioner, director of agriculture, or secretary of agriculture. This official is in charge of the state's agriculture department. The agriculture commissioners are organized at the national level by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.[1]
The agriculture commissioner is elected in 12 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Texas. The powers and duties of the office vary from state to state, but are often substantial: in about 40 states, agriculture departments regulate the animal industry, and in roughly half the states, agriculture departments regulate food safety and meat inspection.[2] In some states, the agriculture commissioner has more power. For example, in Florida the agriculture commissioner is one of three members of the Florida Cabinet (along with the governor and attorney general), giving the commissioner some influence over state policy beyond agriculture.[2] In North Dakota, the agriculture commissioner sits on a number of important boards, such as the North Dakota Industrial Commission (which oversees the state-owned North Dakota Mill and Elevator and Bank of North Dakota).[2]
Departments[]
State | Officeholder | Title | Term start | Party |
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Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries | Rick Pate | Commissioner | January 2019 | Republican Party |
Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Agriculture | Director | February 17, 2016 | Nonpartisan | |
Mark Killian | Director | April 10, 2015 | Nonpartisan | |
Secretary | 2015 | Nonpartisan | ||
California Department of Food and Agriculture | Karen Ross | Secretary | January 12, 2011 | Nonpartisan |
Colorado Department of Agriculture | Commissioner | February 17, 2015 | Nonpartisan | |
Commissioner | March 1, 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||
Michael Scuse | Secretary | January 25, 2017 | Nonpartisan | |
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Nikki Fried | Commissioner | January 2019 | Democratic Party |
Georgia Department of Agriculture | Gary Black | Commissioner | January 10, 2011 | Republican Party |
Commissioner | January 1, 2014 | Nonpartisan | ||
Idaho Department of Agriculture | Celia Gould | Director | January 2, 2007 | Nonpartisan |
Illinois Department of Agriculture | Raymond Poe | Director | November 16, 2015 | Nonpartisan |
Director | January 8, 2018 | Nonpartisan | ||
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship | Mike Naig | Secretary | March 1, 2018 | Republican Party |
Kansas Department of Agriculture | Secretary | December 10, 2013 | Nonpartisan | |
Kentucky Department of Agriculture | Ryan Quarles | Commissioner | 2016 | Republican Party |
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry | Commissioner | January 14, 2008 | Republican Party | |
Commissioner | 2019 | Nonpartisan | ||
Maryland Department of Agriculture | Joe Bartenfelder | Secretary | December 23, 2014 | Nonpartisan |
Commissioner | February 6, 2015 | Nonpartisan | ||
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development | Director | March 3, 2018 | Nonpartisan | |
Minnesota Department of Agriculture | David Frederickson | Commissioner | 2011 | Nonpartisan |
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce | Andy Gipson | Commissioner | 2018 | Republican Party |
Missouri Department of Agriculture | Director | 2017 | Nonpartisan | |
Director | January 6, 2017 | Nonpartisan | ||
Director | December 5, 2017 | Nonpartisan | ||
Nevada Department of Agriculture | Director | June 8, 2011 | Nonpartisan | |
Shawn Jasper | Commissioner | December 9, 2017 | Nonpartisan | |
New Jersey Department of Agriculture | Douglas H. Fisher | Secretary | February 10, 2009 | Nonpartisan |
Secretary | 2011 | Nonpartisan | ||
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets | Commissioner | January 9, 2014 | Nonpartisan | |
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Steve Troxler | Commissioner | February 8, 2005 | Republican Party |
North Dakota Department of Agriculture | Doug Goehring | Commissioner | 2009 | Republican Party |
Ohio Department of Agriculture | David T. Daniels | Director | February 16, 2012 | Nonpartisan |
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry | Jim Reese | Secretary | January 10, 2011 | Nonpartisan |
Oregon Department of Agriculture | Director | January 23, 2017 | Nonpartisan | |
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture | Russell Redding | Secretary | January 20, 2015 | Nonpartisan |
Commissioner | 1998 | Nonpartisan | ||
Commissioner | 2005 | Republican Party | ||
Secretary | June 7, 2016 | Nonpartisan | ||
Tennessee Department of Agriculture | Commissioner | May 1, 2016 | Nonpartisan | |
Texas Department of Agriculture | Sid Miller | Commissioner | 2015 | Republican Party |
Commissioner | 2014 | Nonpartisan | ||
Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets | Secretary | January 5, 2017 | Nonpartisan | |
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Commissioner | December 16, 2013 | Nonpartisan | |
Washington State Department of Agriculture | Director | June 15, 2015 | Nonpartisan | |
West Virginia Department of Agriculture | Kent Leonhardt | Commissioner | January 16, 2017 | Republican Party |
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection | Brad Pfaff | Secretary | January 7, 2019 | Democratic Party |
Director | March 15, 2015 | Nonpartisan |
References[]
- ^ https://www.nasda.org/about
- ^ a b c Louis Jacobson, Where Have All the Democratic Agriculture Commissioners Gone?, Governing (February 26, 2016).
- State agriculture commissioners in the United States