 Agricultural Marketing Service Seal | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1939[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Under United States federal government, but operates worldwide |
| Headquarters | Jamie L. Whitten Building, Washington, D.C. 38°53′17″N 77°1′48″W / 38.88806°N 77.03000°W |
| Employees | Approx. 4,000[1] |
| Annual budget | $3.693 billion (FY2021)[2] |
| Agency executives | |
| Parent department | United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
| Website | www |
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; it maintains programs in five commodity areas:[4] cotton and tobacco; dairy; fruit and vegetable; livestock and seed; and 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.[4] The AMS budget is $1.2 billion.[5] It is headquartered in the Jamie L. Whitten Building in Washington, D.C.
As of July 2021, AMS is led by Administrator Bruce Summers.[3]
- ^ a b "Overview". ams.usda.gov. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture. United States Department of Agriculture FY2021 Budget Summary (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Agriculture. p. 100. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
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