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United States Secretary of Agriculture

United States Secretary of Agriculture
PostUnited States
Secretary
BodyAgriculture
InsigniaUS-DeptOfAgriculture-Seal2.svg
Insigniasize100px
InsigniacaptionOfficial Seal
IncumbentTom Vilsack
Incumbentsince20 January 2009
FirstNorman Jay Coleman
Formation15 February 1889
SuccessionNinth

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The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current secretary is Tom Vilsack, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on 20 January 2009. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments.

The department includes several organizations. The 297,000 mi2 (770,000 km2) of national forests and grasslands are managed by the United States Forest Service. The safety of food produced that are produced in the United States and sold here is ensured by the United States Food Safety and Inspection Service. The Food Stamp Program works with the states to provide food to low-income people. Advice for farmers and gardeners is provided by the United States Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

The line of succession for the Secretary of Agriculture is as follows:

#Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

#Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services

#Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

#Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development

#Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

#Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment

#Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics

#Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety

#General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture

#Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration

#Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations

United States Secretary of Agriculture Video

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United States presidential line of succession
Preceded by
Secretary of the Interior		9th in lineSucceeded by
Secretary of Commerce

 
  Jeremiah M. Rusk Wisconsin March 6, 1889 March 6, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
  J. Sterling Morton Nebraska March 7, 1893 March 5, 1897 Grover Cleveland
  James Wilson Iowa March 5, 1897 March 3, 1913 William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
  David F. Houston North Carolina March 6, 1913 February 2, 1920 Woodrow Wilson
  Edwin T. Meredith Iowa February 2, 1920 March 4, 1921
  Henry C. Wallace Iowa March 5, 1921 October 25, 1924 Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
  Howard M. Gore West Virginia November 22, 1924 March 4, 1925
  William M. Jardine Kansas March 5, 1925 March 4, 1929
  Arthur M. Hyde Missouri March 6, 1929 March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
  Henry A. Wallace Iowa March 4, 1933 September 4, 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Claude R. Wickard Indiana September 5, 1940 June 29, 1945
Harry S. Truman
  Clinton P. Anderson New Mexico June 30, 1945 May 10, 1948
  Charles F. Brannan Colorado June 2, 1948 January 20, 1953
  Ezra Taft Benson Idaho January 21, 1953 January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
  Orville L. Freeman Minnesota January 21, 1961 January 20, 1969 John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
  Clifford M. Hardin Nebraska January 21, 1969 November 17, 1971 Richard Nixon
  Earl L. Butz Indiana December 2, 1971 October 4, 1976
Gerald Ford
  John A. Knebel Oklahoma November 4, 1976 January 20, 1977
  Robert S. Bergland Minnesota January 23, 1977 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
  John R. Block Illinois January 23, 1981 February 14, 1986 Ronald Reagan
  Richard E. Lyng California March 7, 1986 January 21, 1989
  Clayton K. Yeutter Nebraska February 16, 1989 March 1, 1991 George H. W. Bush
  Edward R. Madigan Illinois March 8, 1991 January 20, 1993
  Mike Espy Mississippi January 22, 1993 December 31, 1994 Bill Clinton
  Daniel R. Glickman Kansas March 30, 1995 January 20, 2001
  Ann M. Veneman California January 20, 2001 January 20, 2005 George W. Bush
  Michael O. Johanns Nebraska January 21, 2005 September 20, 2007
  Ed Schafer North Dakota January 28, 2008 January 20, 2009
  Tom Vilsack Iowa January 20, 2009 Incumbent Barack Obama

United States Secretaries of Agriculture

Coleman * Rusk * Morton * Wilson * Houston * Meredith * HC Wallace * Gore * Jardine * Hyde * HA Wallace * Wickard * Anderson * Brannan * Benson * Freeman * Hardin * Butz * Knebel * Bergland * Block * Lyng * Yeutter * Madigan * Espy * Glickman * Veneman * Johanns * Schafer * Vilsack

Agencies under the United States Department of Agriculture

Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services		Farm Service Agency * Foreign Agricultural Service * Risk Management Agency * Commodity Credit Corporation * Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Natural Resources and Environment		Forest Service * Natural Resources Conservation Service
Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Rural Development		Rural Housing Service * Rural Utilities Service * Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services		Food and Nutrition Service * Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Food Safety		Food Safety and Inspection Service
Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Research, Education, and Economics		Agricultural Research Service * Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service * Economic Research Service * National Agricultural Library * National Agricultural Statistics Service
Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Marketing and Regulatory Programs		Agricultural Marketing Service * Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service * Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Leaders of the United States federal executive departments

Agriculture * Commerce * Defense * Education * Energy * Health and Human Services * Homeland Security * Housing and Urban Development * Interior * Justice * Labor * State * Transportation * Treasury * Veterans Affairs
Past department leaders: Commerce and Labor * Health, Education, and Welfare * Navy * Post Office * War



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