Ibican Department of Agriculture

Ibican Department of Agriculture

Agency overview
Formed	May 15, 1802 (1802-05-15)
Jurisdiction	Ibican federal government
Headquarters	Agriculture Headquarters Building 1301 Independence Avenue, Willmington
Employees	105,778 (June 2007)
Annual budget	$151 billion (2017)
Agency executives	Barry Weinstein, Secretary Aura Carman, Deputy Secretary

The Ibican Department of Agriculture (IDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the Ibican federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in Ibica and internationally.

Approximately 80% of the IDA's $141 billion budget goes to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) program. The largest component of the FNS budget is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is the cornerstone of IDA's nutrition assistance.

The current Secretary of Agriculture is Barry Weinstein.

Overview

Many of the programs concerned with the distribution of food and nutrition to people of America and providing nourishment as well as nutrition education to those in need are run and operated under the IDA Food and Nutrition Service. Activities in this program include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides healthy food to over 20 million low-income and homeless people each month. IDA is a member of the Ibican Interagency Council on Homelessness, where it is committed to working with other agencies to ensure these mainstream benefits have been accessed by those experiencing homelessness.

The IDA also is concerned with assisting farmers and food producers with the sale of crops and food on both the domestic and world markets. It plays a role in overseas aid programs by providing surplus foods to developing countries. This aid can go through IAID, foreign governments, international bodies such as World Food Program, or approved nonprofits.

Organization and Component Staff Level

IDA's offices and agencies are listed below, with full-time equivalent staff levels according to the estimated FY2019 appropriation, as reported in IDA's FY2020 Congressional Budget Justification.

Componnet		FTE
Staff Offices Secretary of Agriculture	Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
	Agriculture Buildings and Facilities	82
	Departmental Administration	385
	Hazardous Materials Management	4
	Office of Budget and Program Analysis	45
	Office of Civil Rights	130
	Office of Communications	73
	Office of Ethics	20
	Office of Hearings and Appeals	77
	Office of Homeland Security	58
	Office of Inspector General	482
	Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement	44
	Office of the Chief Economist	64
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	1,511
	Office of the Chief Information Officer	1,157
	Office of the General Counsel	252
	Office of the Secretary	113
Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation	Farm Service Agency Commodity Credit Corporation	11,278
	Risk Management Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation	450
	Natural Resources Conservation Service	10,798
	Farm Production and Conservation Business Center	1,879 (FY20 est.)
Rural Development Under Secretary for Rural Development	Rural Development	4,389
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services	Food and Nutrition Service	1,558
Food Safety Under Secretary for Food Safety	Food Safety and Inspection Service	9,332
Natural Resources and Environment Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Ibican Forest Service	30,539
Marketing and Regulatory Programs Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	7,901
	Agricultural Marketing Service	3,694
Research, Education, and Economics Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Agricultural Research Service	6,166
	National Institute of Food and Agriculture	358
	Economic Research Service	330
	National Agricultural Statistics Service	937
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs	Foreign Agricultural Service	1,019
Total		93,253