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New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture
| New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Non-partisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| 2013 FY Budget: | $19,776,000 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Authority: | New Jersey State Statutes, Title 4, Section 1 |
| Selection Method: | Appointed by the New Jersey Board of Agriculture |
| Current Officeholder | |
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| Name: | Doug Fisher |
| Assumed office: | February 10, 2009 |
| Compensation: | $141,000 |
| Other New Jersey Executive Offices | |
| Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Comptroller• Commissioner of Education • Agriculture Secretary • Insurance Commissioner • Commissioner of Environmental Protection • Labor Commissioner • Public Utilities Board | |
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The Department of Agriculture is responsible for supporting production agriculture as well as managing school food programs, distributing surplus federal food, conserving soil and water resources, protecting farmland, and expanding export markets.[1]
Current officeholder
The current officeholder is Douglas Fisher. He was appointed by Gov. Jon Corzine in 2009.
Authority
The Department of Agriculture and the office of Secretary are established by Title 4, Section 1 of the New Jersey State Statutes:
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The Department of Agriculture, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "department," created and established by the act entitled "An act to establish a department of agriculture, and to prescribe its powers and duties," passed March twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen (L.1916, c. 268, p. 561), together with its amendments and supplements, is continued and is hereby constituted a principal department in the executive branch of the State Government... |
Appointments
The Secretary of Agriculture is nominated by the New Jersey Board of Agriculture and approved by the Governor.
Duties
The New Jersey Department of agriculture's major function is to promote, protect and serve New Jersey's agriculture and agribusiness industries. In addition, it manages the programs that do the following:[2]
- feed schoolchildren,
- distribute surplus federal foods to soup kitchens and pantries that serve our needy citizens,
- conserve precious soil and water resources,
- protect farmland from development and preserve it for future agricultural use,
- expand export markets for fresh and processed agricultural products, and promote our commercial fishing industry, and,
- administer the complete program of agriculture, food and natural resource education,which includes the State FFA Association
Divisions
The department is made up of the following five division:[3]
- Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Division of Animal Health
- Division of Food and Nutrition
- Division of Marketing and Development
- Division of Plant Industry
State budget
The budget for the Department of Agriculture in Fiscal Year 2013 was $19,776,000.[4]
Compensation
In 2010, the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture was paid an estimated $141,000 according to the Council of State Governments.[5]
Contact information
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Post Office Box 330
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-292-3976
Fax: 609-292-3978
See also
External links
References
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Agriculture, "About," accessed October 16, 2011
- ↑ State of New Jersey Department of Agriculture, About NJDA
- ↑ State of New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Divisions
- ↑ New Jersey Department of the Treasury, "FY 2012 - 2013 Appropriations Handbook," accessed April 22, 2013
- ↑ The Council of State Governments,"The Book of States 2010 Table 4.11," retrieved June 22, 2011
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