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- noun the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
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Examples
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Department of Agriculture, which is expected to include another cut in U.S. production.
Gold, Oil Lead Surge in Commodities Tatyana Shumsky 2010
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I knew enough to know that most of the food inspection in the US is actually done by the Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for ensuring the safety of meat, fish, and poultry.
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The U.S. federal portal FirstGov.gov and the Department of Agriculture are the most highly rated federal sites.
Archive 2008-02-01 Michel-Adrien Sheppard 2008
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In addition to that, we include procurement reforms in the bill that were reflected in the National Performance Review, and we have also included, obviously, some of the streamlining, particularly at the Department of Agriculture, which is tightening up on their field offices.
Briefing On Fy95 Budget By Panetta Tyson Rubin ITY National Archives 1994
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Finally, it is my opinion that the Department of Agriculture is the sheerest example that we have of paternalism run to seed.
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The results of the investigation are described in Bulletin No. 393 (1916) of the Department of Agriculture, which is worth sending for and studying by any school that is interested in the improvement of the community.
Community Civics and Rural Life Arthur William Dunn 1897
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The best service of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture is the ascertainment, by diligence and care, of the actual and real conditions, favorable or unfavorable, of the farmers and farms of the country, and to seek the causes which produce these conditions, to the end that the facts ascertained may guide their intelligent treatment.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872
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Although it does further empower the FDA, it fails to strengthen the authority of the Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for safety of the meat supply.
Slate Magazine Deborah Blum 2011
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Call the Department of Agriculture, they'll tell you.
Gizmodo Joe Brown 2011
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The Department of Agriculture, which is investigating the Las Vegas incident, said the lion act involved is a licensed exhibitor and it appeared the trainers handled the situation effectively.
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