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
• USDA Equity Commission

Agricultural Marketing Service

• Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton Standards
• Research & Promotion Programs
• Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
• Grain Inspection Advisory Committee
• National Organic Standards Board
• Plant Variety Protection Board

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

• National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition
• Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (alternatingly managed by USDA and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Food Safety

• Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
• National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

Marketing and Regulatory Programs

• Grain Inspection Advisory Committee
• Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
• National Organic Standards Board
• Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board

Natural Resources and Environment

• Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
• Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee (PDF, 148KB)
• Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical Advisory Panel
• Forest Resource Coordinating Committee
• Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee
• Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board
• National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
• Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory Committee
• Secure Rural School Resource Advisory Committees

Research, Education and Economics

• Advisory Committee on Agricultural Statistics
• National Genetic Resources Advisory Council
• National Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

Partner Committees at Other Agencies

• Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
• Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
• Food Advisory Committee
• Invasive Species Advisory Committee
• National Wild Horse and Burro Program
• National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Federal Advisory Committee
• National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• The Good Neighbor Environmental Board
• Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee
• US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agricultural Committee
• US Trade Representative's Office of Agricultural Affairs
• Wildland Fire Executive Committee (PDF, 139KB)
• Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council

More USDA Boards and Committees

• AMS Research and Promotion Boards
• 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