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|Mission=The Agricultural Marketing Service administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops. AMS also provides services to ensure the quality and availability of wholesome food for consumers across the country. | |Mission=The Agricultural Marketing Service administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops. AMS also provides services to ensure the quality and availability of wholesome food for consumers across the country. | ||
|ParentOrganization= | |ParentOrganization=Department of Agriculture | ||
|TopOrganization=Department of Agriculture | |||
|CreationLegislation=Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953 | |CreationLegislation=Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953 | ||
|Employees=4000 | |Employees=4000 | ||
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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 | ||
| url=http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateD&page=AboutAMS | | url=http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateD&page=AboutAMS | ||
| title=About AMS | | title=About AMS | ||
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| access-date=2013-06-13}}</ref> | | access-date=2013-06-13}}</ref> | ||
* | * 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.]] | ||
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* Specialty Crops Program<ref name=FullOrg/> | * Specialty Crops Program<ref name=FullOrg/> | ||
* Fair Trade Practices Program<ref name=FairTrade>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/fair-trade-practices |title=Fair Trade Practices Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | * Fair Trade Practices Program<ref name=FairTrade>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/fair-trade-practices |title=Fair Trade Practices Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | ||
* Food Disclosure and Labeling Division (FDLD) | |||
* Packers and Stockyards Division (PSD) | |||
* Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Division (PACA) | |||
* Warehouse and Commodity Management Division (WCMD)<ref name="FairTrade" /> | |||
* [[National Organic Program]] (NOP)<ref name=FullOrg/> | * [[National Organic Program]] (NOP)<ref name="FullOrg" /> | ||
* Cotton and Tobacco Program (C&T)<ref name=CotTob/> | * Cotton and Tobacco Program (C&T)<ref name="CotTob" /> | ||
* [[Food grading|Grading]] Division Standardization and Engineering Division | |||
* [[Quality Assurance]] Division | |||
* Market News Division | |||
* Research and Promotion Division | |||
* MRP Laboratory and Scientific [[IT]] Support Division | |||
* Administrative Staff<ref name="CotTob">{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/cotton-tobacco |title=Cotton & Tobacco |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | |||
* Livestock and Poultry Program (L&P)<ref name="LivePoul">{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/livestock-poultry-program |title=Livestock and Poultry Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | |||
* Livestock and Poultry Program (L&P)<ref name=LivePoul>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/livestock-poultry-program |title=Livestock and Poultry Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | * Transportation and Marketing Program<ref name="TransMark">{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/transportation-marketing-program |title=Transportation & Marketing Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | ||
* Transportation and Marketing Program<ref name=TransMark>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/transportation-marketing-program |title=Transportation & Marketing Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | * Transportation Services Division | ||
* Grants Division | |||
* Marketing Services Division | |||
* USDA Farmers Market<ref name="TransMark" /> | |||
* Science and Technology Program (S&T)<ref name="SciTech">{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/science-technology-program |title=Science & Technology Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | |||
* Science and Technology Program (S&T)<ref name=SciTech>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/science-technology-program |title=Science & Technology Program |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | * Laboratory Approval and Testing Division (LATD) | ||
* [[Pesticide Data Program|Monitoring Programs Division (MPD)]] | |||
* Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO) | |||
* Seed Regulatory and Testing Division (SRTD)<ref name="SciTech" /> | |||
* Commodity Procurement Program (CP)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/commodity-procurement |title=Commodity Procurement |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | * Commodity Procurement Program (CP)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/commodity-procurement |title=Commodity Procurement |website=ams.usda.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> | ||
The lone service of AMS is: | The lone service of AMS is: | ||
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==Programs== | ==Programs== | ||
The AMS [[National Organic Program]] (NOP) develops, implements, and administers national production, handling, and labeling standards for organic agricultural products. The NOP also accredits the certifying agents (foreign and domestic) who inspect organic production and handling operations to | The AMS [[National Organic Program]] (NOP) develops, implements, and administers national production, handling, and labeling standards for organic agricultural products. The NOP also accredits the certifying agents (foreign and domestic) who inspect organic production and handling operations to certify that they meet USDA standards. | ||
The AMS Science and Technology Program provides scientific support services to the agricultural community and AMS programs, including laboratory analyses, | The AMS Science and Technology Program provides scientific support services to the agricultural community and AMS programs, including laboratory analyses, laboratory quality assurance, and coordination of scientific research conducted by other agencies for AMS. In addition, the program's Plant Variety Protection Office administers the [[Plant Variety Protection Act]], by issuing Certificates of Protection for new varieties of plants which are sexually reproduced (by seed) or tuber-propagated. The program also conducts a program to collect and analyze data about pesticide residue levels in agricultural commodities. It also administers the Pesticide Recordkeeping program, which requires all certified private applicators of federally restricted-use pesticide to maintain records of all applications. The records will be put into a data base to help analyze agricultural pesticide use.<ref> | ||
{{cite web | {{cite web | ||
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The AMS Transportation and Marketing Program supplies research and technical information regarding the nation's food transportation system to producers, producer groups, shippers, exporters, rural communities, carriers, government agencies and universities. The program also administers a program involving financial grants to States for marketing improvements. In addition, the division assists in the planning and design of marketing facilities, processes, and methods in cooperation with state and local governments, universities, farmer groups, and other segments of the U.S. food industry. This program is intended to enhance the overall effectiveness of the | The AMS Transportation and Marketing Program supplies research and technical information regarding the nation's food transportation system to producers, producer groups, shippers, exporters, rural communities, carriers, government agencies and universities. The program also administers a program involving financial grants to States for marketing improvements. In addition, the division assists in the planning and design of marketing facilities, processes, and methods in cooperation with state and local governments, universities, farmer groups, and other segments of the U.S. food industry. This program is intended to enhance the overall effectiveness of the food marketing system, provide better quality products to the consumer at reasonable cost, improve market access for growers with farms of small to medium size, and promote regional economic development.<ref> | ||
{{cite web | {{cite web | ||
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