Colorado Department of Agriculture
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Jurisdiction | Colorado |
Headquarters | 305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield, Colorado 80021 |
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Website | www |
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is the principal department of the Colorado state government[1] that manages agriculture, food safety, agriculture-related consumer protection, and conservation districts. Kate Greenberg was appointed as Commissioner of the Department in 2019, replacing Don Brown, who retired after serving since 2015.
Organization[]
The department is organized into these divisions:[2]
- Animal Health Division
- Brands Division
- Colorado State Fair
- Commissioner's Office
- Conservation Services Division
- Inspection & Consumer Services Division
- Markets Division
- Plant Industry Division
- Division of Laboratory Services
The commissioner also serves as a non-voting member of the board of directors of the (CADA), created in 1981 to make financing available for farmers and other agricultural enterprises due to the high cost and lack of available agricultural loans, and the insufficiency of gainful employment in rural areas.[3] CADA board members are also ex officio members (the commissioner is a non-voting member) of the (CAVADB), which make grants, loans, loan guarantees and equity investments concerning rural Colorado.
The (CSCB) is composed of representatives of Colorado's ten watersheds, representing Colorado's seventy-six conservation districts.[4]
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External links[]
- State departments of agriculture of the United States
- State agencies of Colorado
- Colorado stubs