The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, or Agriculture Committee (often referred to as simply "Agriculture", as in "He's on Agriculture") is a Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives. The House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies, and it can recommend funding appropriations for various governmental agencies, programs, and activities, as defined by House rules. As of 2007, the committee is chaired by Representative Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.).

Role of the Agriculture Committee
As prescribed by House Rules, the Committee on Agriculture's jurisdiction includes the following:

1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves.
2) Agriculture generally.
3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
5) Agricultural economics and research.
6) Agricultural education extension services
7) Agricultural production, marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (excluding foreign distribution).
8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
9) Commodity exchanges.
10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
11) Dairy industry.
12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
14) Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and seafood products.
15) Forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.
16) Human nutrition and home economics.
17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
18) Rural electrification.
19) Rural development
20) Water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture. Jurisdiction

Collin C. Peterson, Chairman, Minnesota
Tim Holden, Vice Chair, Pennsylvania
Mike McIntyre, North Carolina
Bob Etheridge, North Carolina
Leonard Boswell, Iowa
Joe Baca, California
Dennis Cardoza, California
David Scott, Georgia
Jim Marshall, Georgia
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota
Henry Cuellar, Texas
Jim Costa, California
John Salazar, Colorado
Brad Ellsworth, Indiana
Nancy Boyda, Kansas
Zack Space, Ohio
Tim Walz, Minnesota
Kirsten Gillibrand, New York
Steve Kagen, Wisconsin
Earl Pomeroy, North Dakota
Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
John Barrow, Georgia
Nick Lampson, Texas
Joe Donnelly, Indiana
Tim Mahoney, Florida
Robert W. Goodlatte, Ranking Member, Virginia
Terry Everett, Alabama
Frank Lucas, Oklahoma
Jerry Moran, Kansas
Robin Hayes, North Carolina
Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois
Sam Graves, Missouri
Jo Bonner, Alabama
Mike D. Rogers, Alabama
Steve King, Iowa
Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado
Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Charles Boustany, Louisiana
Randy Kuhl, New York
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina
Mike Conaway, Texas
Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska
Jean Schmidt, Ohio
Adrian M. Smith, Nebraska
Kevin McCarthy, California
Tim Walberg, Michigan Subcommittees

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