Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

The Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Agriculture that supervises policy development and day-to-day operations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration.

The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration attempts to facilitate the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds, and related agricultural products, and promote fair and competitive trading practices.

[4] Former Under Secretaries include Bill Hawks, who served from April 2001[5] until June 2005,[6] Islam "Isa" A. Siddiqui, whose recess appointment was announced by President Bill Clinton on December 29, 2000,[7] and Michael V. Dunn, who served from November 1998 until April 2000.

[8] The position was created by the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999, which was signed on October 21, 1998, by President Clinton.

Prior to this act, there had been an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, which was abolished.