General Government
8570 Department of Food & Agriculture

The California Department of Food and Agriculture protects and promotes California's $37 billion agriculture industry. California's farmers and ranchers produce a safe, secure supply of food, fiber, and shelter. These commodities are marketed fairly for all Californians and produced with responsible environmental stewardship.

The goals of the California Department of Food and Agriculture are to:

  • Ensure that only safe and quality food reaches the consumer.
  • Protect against invasion of exotic pests and diseases.
  • Promote California agriculture and food products both at home and abroad. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Governor's Budget reflects an additional $12 million in ongoing General Fund reductions that were approved by the Legislature in 2011-12, bringing the total annual savings to $31 million.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year personnel years and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2012-13*
Personnel
Years
Dollars
11 Agricultural Plant and Animal Health; Pest Prevention; Food Safety Services
1,306.5
$211,031
21 Marketing; Commodities and Agricultural Services
480.4
62,752
31 Assistance to Fair and County Agricultural Activities
12.9
3,254
41.01 Executive, Management and Administration Services
204.6
20,199
41.02 Distributed Executive, Management and Administration Services
-
-20,068
51 General Agricultural Activities
5.3
65,649
Totals, Personnel Years and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
2,009.7
$342,817
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
87,998
Totals, Personnel Years and All Expenditures
2,009.7
$430,815

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Personnel Years for expenditures, personnel years, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Food & Agriculture Budget (pdf * - 41K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 10K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 10K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.