Agricultural Marketing Service

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; it maintains programs in five commodity areas: cotton and tobacco; dairy; fruit and vegetable; livestock and seed; and poultry. These programs provide testing, standardization, grading and market news services for those commodities, and oversee marketing agreements and orders, administer research and promotion programs, and purchase commodities for federal food programs. The AMS enforces certain federal laws such as the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and the Federal Seed Act. The AMS budget is $1.2 billion. It is headquartered in the Jamie L. Whitten Building in Washington, D.C.

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Agricultural Marketing Service Seal
Agency overview
Formed1939 (1939)
JurisdictionUnder United States federal government, but operates worldwide
HeadquartersJamie L. Whitten Building, Washington, D.C.
38°53′17″N 77°1′48″W
EmployeesApprox. 4,000
Annual budget$3.693 billion (FY2021)
Agency executives
  • Bruce Summers, Administrator, AMS
  • Erin Morris, Associate Administrator
  • Lorenzo Tribbett, Deputy Associate Administrator
Parent departmentUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Websitewww.ams.usda.gov

As of July 2021, AMS is led by Administrator Bruce Summers.

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