Title: Identify regulatory agencies and acts involved with agriculture.
Course: Agricultural Business Fundamentals I (18201-I) > Section: Using Business Laws in Agribusiness

Identification should include the responsibilities of the following:

- U.S. Department of Agriculture (https://www.usda.gov/)
  - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/home/)
  - Natural Resources Conservation Service (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/)
  - U.S. Forest Service (https://www.fs.usda.gov/)
- U.S. Department of Education (https://www.ed.gov/)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (https://www.hhs.gov/)
  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (https://www.cdc.gov/)
  - U.S. Food and Drug Administration (https://www.fda.gov/)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (https://www.dhs.gov/)
- U.S. Department of the Interior (https://www.doi.gov/)
  - Bureau of Land Management (https://www.blm.gov/)
- U.S. Department of Labor (https://www.dol.gov/)
  - Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection Act (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/agriculture/msp)
  - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (https://www.osha.gov/)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (https://www.epa.gov/)
- U.S. Small Business Administration (https://www.sba.gov/)
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/)
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/)
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (https://www.deq.virginia.gov/)
- Virginia Department of Forestry (https://dof.virginia.gov/)
- Department of Labor and Industry (https://www.doli.virginia.gov/)
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (https://dwr.virginia.gov/)

Process/Skill Questions:

- What federal agencies regulate agriculture at the production level?
- What are examples of regulations for which each identified federal agency is responsible?
- What state agencies regulate agriculture at the production level?
- What are examples of regulations for which each identified state agency is responsible?
- How do state and federal agencies’ roles and responsibilities differ?
- How often are laws amended at the state level? At the federal level?