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Agriculture, Department of

Agriculture, Department of, is an executive department of the United States government. It works to maintain adequate supplies of farm products and to expand overseas markets for such products. It helps ensure reasonable incomes for farmers and reasonably priced farm products for consumers. The department also works to combat hunger in the United States and abroad and to improve the economy of rural America. More »

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Cabinet

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Rowling, Sir Wallace Edward

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