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
  • General Fund Support for the Network of California Fairs - The Governor's Budget includes an ongoing decrease of $32 million General Fund to local assistance, eliminating state funding for the fairs.
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
2011-12*
Personnel
Years
Dollars
11 Agricultural Plant and Animal Health; Pest Prevention; Food Safety Services
1,299.0
$232,346
21 Marketing; Commodities and Agricultural Services
501.1
60,426
31 Assistance to Fair and County Agricultural Activities
19.6
5,701
41.01 Executive, Management and Administration Services
205.6
15,252
41.02 Distributed Executive, Management and Administration Services
-
-14,076
51 General Agricultural Activities
14.8
65,102
Totals, Personnel Years and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
2,040.1
$364,751
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
42,350
Totals, Personnel Years and All Expenditures
2,040.1
$407,101

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 * - 44K) 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 * - 9K)
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 * - 11K)
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.