Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
MDAC
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is the first-order subnational public authority responsible for agriculture in Mississippi.
- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi
- Government level
- State
- Authority type
- Department
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.mdac.ms.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: Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
- Agricultural trade
Commerce is a named portfolio of the same department, published alongside agriculture.
Source: Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in Mississippi.
- Official source
- Mississippi Department of Agriculture and CommerceMississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
- Source page
- https://www.mdac.ms.gov
- What the source says
- “Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-20
- Portfolio scope is taken from the body’s official title; the statutory powers behind each portfolio are set out in 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 2026-08-20; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the body as Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Verified 2026-08-20 against https://www.mdac.ms.gov · domain classification: Official government portal
Important limitations
- Portfolio scope is taken from the body’s official title; the statutory powers behind each portfolio are set out in law and are not asserted here.