USDA’s Federal Advisory Committees, Boards and Commissions
USDA Office of the Secretary/Departmental Management
- Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
- Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers
- Tribal Advisory Committee
Agricultural Marketing Service
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
- Trade Advisory Committees
- Advisory Committee on Trade Policy
- ATAC for Trade in Animals and Animal Products
- ATAC for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables
- ATAC for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds, and Planting Seeds
- ATAC for Trade in Processed Foods
- ATAC for Trade in Sweeteners and Sweetener Products
- ATAC for Trade in Tobacco, Cotton, and Peanuts
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
- Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (alternatingly managed by USDA and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Food Safety
- Currently no Federal Advisory Committees
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
- Grain Inspection Advisory Committee
- National Organic Standards Board
- Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board
Natural Resources and Environment
FACA Advisory Committees under U.S. Forest Service:
- Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee (PDF, 148KB)
- Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical Advisory Panel
- Forest Resource Coordinating Committee
- Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board
- National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
- Secure Rural School Resource Advisory Committees
Research, Education and Economics
Partner Committees at Other Agencies
- Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
- Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
- Invasive Species Advisory Committee
- National Wild Horse and Burro Program
- National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Federal Advisory Committee
- The Good Neighbor Environmental Board
- Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
- US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agricultural Committee
- US Trade Representative's Office of Agricultural Affairs
- Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council
More USDA Boards and Committees
- ARS Peer Review Panels
- Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors
- Farm Service Agency County Committees
- NIFA Grantmaking Peer Review Panels
Other Links
- Background on the Federal Advisory Committee Act
- Federal Advisory Committees Database (USDA)
- Federal Advisory Committees Database (Entire Federal Government)
If you would like to submit a nomination for Advisory Committee Membership, refer to the Nominations & Applications for Membership page.
For more information about USDA's Advisory Committees:
Contact: Cikena Reid
Committee Management Officer
14th and Independence, SW
Whitten Bldg., 540-A
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone: 202-720-2406
Email: sm.osec.advisorycommittees@usda.gov
