Chapter 218 of the 2024 Acts of Assembly mandates the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a stakeholder work group to support and encourage coordination efforts to create a robust and resilient market for blue catfish.
The formation of the first Board of Agriculture was authorized by the Virginia General Assembly on March 5, 1888. Today’s Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services consists of citizens and practicing farmers from each Virginia congressional district and two pesticide-industry professionals.
The Charitable Gaming Board advises the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on all aspects of the conduct of charitable gaming in Virginia.
The Milk Commission ensures that Virginians have a constant, available and reasonably priced supply of milk. The Commission licenses all processors and distributors that sell fluid milk products in Virginia, preserves market stability and establishes monthly producer prices at competitive levels.
Chapters 675 and 693 of the 2024 Acts of Assembly require the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to convene the Task Force for the purpose of identifying potential deficiencies in publicly funded animal testing facilities in the Commonwealth and recommending methods and context for making certain information about such animal testing facilities publicly available.