Title 7 of the United States Code outlines the role of agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 in the United States Code

United States Code

The Code of Laws of the United States of America is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal laws of the United States...

.: Commodity Exchanges

Commodity Exchange Act

Commodity Exchange Act is a federal act passed in 1936 by the U.S. Government ....

: Cotton Standards: Grain Standards

Grain Standards Act of 1916

It required official certification that export grain sold by grade had been inspected and weighed. It also provided for the establishment of official U.S. grain standards that were used to measure and describe the physical and biological properties of the grain at the time of inspection. It was the...

: Naval Stores: Importation of Adulterated Seeds

Federal Seed Act

The Federal Seed Act, P.L. 76-354 , requires accurate labeling and purity standards for seeds in commerce, and prohibits the importation and movement of adulterated or misbranded seeds...

: Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control: National Laboratory Accreditation: Insect Pests Generally: Golden Nematode: Plant Pests

Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957

The Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957 prohibited the movement of plant pests from a foreign country into or through the United States unless authorized by USDA was superseded by the Plant Protection Act of 2000...

: Nursery Stock and Other Plants and Plant Products: Rubber and Other Critical Agricultural Materials: Packers and Stockyards

Packers and Stockyards Act

The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 was enacted following the release in 1919 of the Report of the Federal Trade Commission on the meatpacking industry.-History and passage:...

: Warehouses: Honeybees: Associations of Agricultural Products Producers: Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges: Agricultural Experiment Stations: Bureau of Animal Industry

Bureau of Animal Industry

The Bureau of Animal Industry was an organization that was established in the United States Department of Agriculture by an act on May 29, 1884...

: Bureau of Dairy Industry: Miscellaneous Matters: Cooperative Marketing

Cooperative Marketing Act

The Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926 was a piece of agricultural legislation passed in the United States which expanded upon the Capper-Volstead Act of 1922. It allowed farmers to exchange “past, present, and prospective crop, market, statistical, economic, and other similar information” at their...

: Cotton Statistics and Estimates: Dumping or Destruction of Interstate Produce: Perishable Agricultural Commodities: Tobacco Statistics: Tobacco Inspection: Tobacco Control: Agricultural Marketing

Agriculture Marketing Act

Under the administration of Herbert Hoover, the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1929 established the Federal Farm Board with a revolving fund of half a billion dollars. The original act was sponsored by Hoover in an attempt to stop the downward spiral of crop prices by seeking to buy, sell and store...

: Foreign Agricultural Service

Foreign Agricultural Service

The Foreign Agricultural Service is the foreign affairs agency with primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's overseas programs—market development, international trade agreements and negotiations, and the collection of statistics and market information...

: Perishable Agricultural Commodities

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930

The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 — regulates the buying and selling of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables to prevent unfair trading practices and to assure that sellers will be paid promptly...

: Export Standards for Apples: Export Standards for Grapes and Plums: Agricultural Adjustment: Agricultural Marketing Agreements: Cotton Marketing: Tobacco Industry

Tobacco industry

The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products. It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it can be farmed on all...

: Potato Act of 1935

Potato control law

The Potato Control Law was based upon an economic policy enacted by U.S. President Herbert Hoover's Federal Emergency Relief Administration at the beginning of the Great Depression. The policy became a formal act in 1935, and its legislative sponsors were state of North Carolina...

: Anti-Hog-Cholera Serum and Hog-Cholera Virus: Rural Electrification and Telephone Service

Rural Electrification Act

The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States....

: Telemedicine and Distance Learning Services in Rural Areas: Peanut Statistics: Farm Tenancy: Sugar Production and Control: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

Agricultural Adjustment Act

The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which restricted agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill off excess livestock...

: Price Support of Agricultural Commodities: Crop Insurance: Seeds

Federal Seed Act

The Federal Seed Act, P.L. 76-354 , requires accurate labeling and purity standards for seeds in commerce, and prohibits the importation and movement of adulterated or misbranded seeds...

: Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products: Stabilization of International Wheat Market: Halogeton Glomeratus Control: Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance

Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954

The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is a United States federal law that established Food for Peace, the primary U.S. overseas food assistance program. The Act was signed into law on July 10, 1954 by President Dwight D...

: Agricultural Commodity Set-Aside: Foreign Market Development: Wool Program: Soil Bank Program

Soil Bank Program

The Soil Bank Program is a federal program of the late 1950s and early 1960s that paid farmers to retire land from production for 10 years. The predecessor to today’s Conservation Reserve Program. The maximum enrollment was in 1960...

: Surplus Disposal of Agricultural Commodities: Interchange of Department of Agriculture and State Employees: Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter

Humane Slaughter Act

The Humane Slaughter Act, or the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act, is a United States federal law designed to protect livestock during slaughter. It was passed in 1958...

: Consultation on Agricultural Programs: Agricultural Credit: Food Stamp Program

Food Stamp Program

The United States Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , historically and commonly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal-assistance program that provides assistance to low- and no-income people and families living in the U.S. Though the program is administered by the U.S. Department of...

: Farm Labor Contractor Registration

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act

The Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act — P.L. 88-582 — regulated the activities of farm labor contractors, that is, agents who recruit and are otherwise engaged in the transport, housing, and employment of migratory agricultural workers. Under FLCRA, farm labor contractors were required to...

: Cotton Research and Promotion

Cotton Research and Promotion Act

An Act passed by the United States Congress in 1990 in response to the declining market of cotton, in order to build consumer demand and "sell the story of American upland cotton"....

: Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals: Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food...

: Department of Agriculture Advisory Committees: Unfair Trade Practices Affecting Producers of Agricultural Products: Plant Variety Protection: Potato Research and Promotion: Rural Fire Protection, Development, and Small Farm Research and Education: Egg Research and Consumer Information: Noxious Weeds

Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974

The Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 established a federal program to control the spread of noxious weeds. The United States Secretary of Agriculture was given the authority to declare plants "Noxious Weeds", and limit the interstate spread of such plants without a permit...

: Beef Research and Information: Farmer-To-Consumer Direct Marketing: Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977

The United States National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 — Title XIV of the 1977 farm bill -- made USDA the leading federal agency for agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs and consolidated the funding for these programs...

: Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education: Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure: Implementation of International Sugar Agreement

International Sugar Organization

The International Sugar Organization is an intergovernmental organization, based in London, which was established by the International Sugar Agreement of 1968, as the body responsible for administering the Agreement...

, 1977: Agricultural Subterminal Facilities: Swine Health Protection: Animal Cancer Research: Agricultural Trade Suspension Adjustment: National Agricultural Cost of Production Standards Review Board: Farmland Protection Policy: Floral Research and Consumer Information: International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs: Dairy Research and Promotion: Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information: Agricultural Productivity Research: Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information: Watermelon Research and Promotion: National Commission on Agriculture and Rural Development Policy: State Agricultural Loan Mediation Programs: Agricultural Competitiveness and Trade: National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990

The National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 was enacted to establish a comprehensive, coordinated program for nutrition monitoring and related research to improve the assessment of the health and nutrition of the U.S...

: Administration of Environmental Programs: Water Quality Research, Education, and Coordination: Export Promotion: Research: Pecan Promotion and Research: Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information: Lime Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information: Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information: Processor-Funded Milk Promotion Program

National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Program

The National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Program was first authorized by the Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990...

: Organic Certification

National Organic Program

In the United States, the National Organic Program is the federal regulatory framework governing organic food. It is also the name of the organization in the Department of Agriculture responsible for administering and enforcing the regulatory framework. The Organic Food Production Act of 1990 In...

: Rural Revitalization Through Forestry: Global Climate Change: Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information

Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Act

The Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Order, whichimplements the act, requires qualified handlers of fresh cut flowers and greens, with sales of $750,000 or more annually, to pay an assessment to the National PromoFlor Council...

: Department of Agriculture Reorganization

Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994

In the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 , Title II was designated the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 and gave the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to reorganize USDA to achieve greater efficiency, effectiveness, and economy...

: Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information

Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994

The Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994 enabled domestic sheep producers and feeders and importers of sheep and sheep products to develop, finance, and carry out a nationally coordinated program for sheep and sheep product promotion, research, and information.This law was...

: Agricultural Market Transition

Agricultural Market Transition Act

The Agricultural Market Transition Act — Title I of the 1996 farm bill — allowed farmers who had participated in the wheat, feed grain, cotton, and rice programs in any one of the 5 years prior to 1996 to enter into 7-year production flexibility contracts for 1996-2002...

: Agricultural Promotion: Emergency Food Assistance

Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983

The Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 amended the original Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to authorize multi-year funding and commodity donations from excess Commodity Credit Corporation inventories of foodstuffs for food distribution by emergency feeding organizations...

: Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform

Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998

The Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 was separate legislation that revised and reauthorized federally supported agricultural research, education, and extension programs from June 1998 through May 2002...

: Plant Protection

Plant Protection Act

The Plant Protection Act is a US statute relating to plant pests and noxious weeds introduced in 2000. It is currently codified at 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq...

: Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information

External links

• U.S. Code Title 7, via United States Government Printing Office
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• U.S. Code Title 7, via Cornell University
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