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The '''Agricultural Marketing Service''' ('''AMS''') is an agency of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]; it maintains programs in five | The '''Agricultural Marketing Service''' ('''AMS''') is an agency of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]; it maintains programs in five commodity areas:<ref name=iopl>{{cite web | ||
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* | * cotton and tobacco | ||
* | * dairy | ||
* | * fruit and vegetable | ||
* | * livestock and seed | ||
* | * poultry | ||
These programs provide testing, standardization, grading and market news services for those commodities, and oversee marketing agreements and orders, administer research and promotion programs, and purchase commodities for federal food programs. The AMS enforces certain federal laws such as the [[Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act]] and the [[Federal Seed Act]].<ref name="iopl" /> The AMS budget is $1.2 billion.<ref name="cato171012" /> It is headquartered in the Jamie L. Whitten Building in [[Washington, D.C.]] | These programs provide testing, standardization, grading and market news services for those commodities, and oversee marketing agreements and orders, administer research and promotion programs, and purchase commodities for federal food programs. The AMS enforces certain federal laws such as the [[Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act]] and the [[Federal Seed Act]].<ref name="iopl" /> The AMS budget is $1.2 billion.<ref name="cato171012" /> It is headquartered in the Jamie L. Whitten Building in [[Washington, D.C.]] | ||