The Department is responsible for promoting, protecting and advancing agriculture and forestry, and soil and water resources.
The Department is under the supervision of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry.
The current Commissioner is Dr. Michael G. Strain, a Republican veterinarian first elected in 2007.
Strain's Democratic predecessors as agriculture commissioner include: The Department is under the control of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, who is elected statewide.
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