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Abstract
A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government concerned with improving and maintaining farm income and developing and expanding markets for agricultural products. Through inspection and grading services it safeguards and insures standards of quality in food supply and production.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Department of Agriculture (U.S.)
- USDA
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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Aspects Covered
9 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
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History Note
1992
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Previous Indexing
- Government Agencies (1966-1991)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. United States Department of Agriculture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016885
- United States Department of Agriculture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
- United States Department of Agriculture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501542