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Noun: Department of Agriculture
  1. 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
    - Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA

Type of: executive department

Encyclopedia: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture, Western Australia Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries