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1Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — (APHIS) is an operating unit of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).APHIS mission (2003): To protect the health and value of American agriculture and natural resources. APHIS aims to protect American animals, plants, and the… …
2Animal testing regulations — vary around the world. Most governments aim to control the number of times individual animals may be used; the overall numbers used; and the degree of pain that may be inflicted without anaesthetic.EuropeExperiments on vertebrate animals in the… …
3Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service — This article is about a division of the US Department of Agriculture. For agriculture extensions in general, see Agricultural extension. CSREES logo The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is an agency within the …
4Cooperative extension service — This article is about a division of the US Department of Agriculture. For agriculture extensions in general, see Agricultural extension. The Cooperative Extension Service, also known as the Extension Service of the USDA, is a non formal… …
5United States Forest Service — USFS redirects here. For the figure skating organization, see U.S. Figure Skating. For the other U.S. Government branch, see United States Foreign Service. United States Forest Service Logo of the United States Forest Service …
6Natural Resources Conservation Service — Agency overview Formed April 20, 1932 Preceding agency Soil Erosion Service …
7National Agricultural Statistics Service — Logo The National Agricultural Statistics Service or NASS is the statistical branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture[1]. NASS has 46 field offices throughout the United States and …
8Transgenic plant — Transgenic plants possess a gene or genes that have been transferred from a different species. Although DNA of another species can be integrated in a plant genome by natural processes, the term transgenic plants refers to plants created in a… …
9Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion — The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on December 1, 1994, and is the focal point within the USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the… …
10Foreign Agricultural Service — The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is the foreign affairs agency with primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture s (USDA) overseas programs market development, international trade agreements and negotiations, and… …
