§ 25-38-203. Department of Agriculture — Powers and duties
(a) The Department of Agriculture shall: (1) Administer the departments, institutions, other agencies, or parts of departments, institutions, or other agencies transferred to the department under § 25-38-211; (2) Coordinate all existing programs and create any new programs that will enhance the marketing of the state’s agricultural products to intrastate, national, and international markets; (3) […]
§ 25-38-206. Transfer of personnel, administrative functions, human resources, and accounting offices
(a) All administrative functions, including without limitation the human resource and accounting operations, of the following boards, commissions, bureaus, committees, programs, and offices shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Department of Agriculture: (1) The State Plant Board; (2) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission; (3) The Arkansas Forestry Commission; (4) The […]
§ 25-38-207. Arkansas Agriculture Board — Creation — Members — Organization — Duties
(a) The Arkansas Agriculture Board is created to consist of twenty (20) voting members and eight (8) nonvoting ex officio members, as follows: (1) Nine (9) members, appointed by their respective boards, who sit on one (1) of the following boards or commissions: (A) Two (2) members, at least one (1) of whom shall be […]
§ 25-38-208. Agencies not affected
The establishment of the Department of Agriculture shall in no way affect the duties, powers, or operations of the following boards and councils: (1) Arkansas Beef Council; (2) Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board; (3) Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board; (4) Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board; (5) Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board; or (6) Arkansas […]
§ 25-38-210. Agricultural exchanges
The Department of Agriculture shall: (1) Evaluate the potential economic benefits to Arkansas and Arkansas farmers of entering into agricultural exchanges with Israel and other countries that will foster the development of trade, mutual assistance, and business relations between Arkansas and the other country; and (2) Annually report the department’s findings under subdivision (1) of […]
§ 25-38-211. Transfers of certain agricultural boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, and offices
(a) As provided in this section and in §§ 25-38-206 and 25-43-202, the following boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, or offices, or parts thereof, are transferred by a cabinet-level department transfer under § 25-43-103(3) to the Department of Agriculture: (1) The Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board, created under § 8-7-1204; (2) The Arkansas Agriculture Board, created […]
§ 25-38-201. Legislative findings
The General Assembly finds that: (1) Agriculture accounts for thirteen billion dollars ($13,000,000,000) or one-fifth (1/5) of the gross state product of Arkansas; (2) Two hundred ninety-one thousand (291,000) Arkansas jobs directly involve or operate in support of agriculture; (3) Agriculture and agriculture-related jobs account for twenty-three percent (23%) of all employment in Arkansas; (4) […]
§ 25-38-202. Creation — Appointment of secretary — Definition
(a) There is created the Department of Agriculture as a cabinet-level department under § 25-43-201. (b) (1) The executive head of the department shall be the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. (2) The secretary shall be selected by the Arkansas Agriculture Board, and the name shall be submitted to the Governor and the Senate […]