Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
IDALS
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is the first-order subnational public authority responsible for agriculture in Iowa.
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Government level
- State
- Authority type
- Department
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://iowaagriculture.gov
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Agriculture is a named portfolio in the department’s official title.
Source: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
- Land management
Land stewardship is a named portfolio in the department’s official title.
Source: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in Iowa.
- Official source
- Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land StewardshipIowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
- Source page
- https://iowaagriculture.gov
- What the source says
- “Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- Portfolio scope is taken from the department’s official title; statutory powers are set out in Iowa law and are not asserted here.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official government site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the body as Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://iowaagriculture.gov · domain classification: Official government portal
Important limitations
- Portfolio scope is taken from the department’s official title; statutory powers are set out in Iowa law and are not asserted here.