Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 5 - Agriculture > Subtitle 1 - Agriculture and Conservation of Agricultural Resources > CHAPTER 159 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP > 159.2 - OBJECT OF DEPARTMENT.

159.2 - OBJECT OF DEPARTMENT.

        159.2  OBJECT OF DEPARTMENT.
         The object of the department of agriculture and land stewardship
      shall be:
         1.  To encourage, promote, and advance the interests of
      agriculture, including horticulture, livestock industry, dairying,
      cheese making, poultry raising, beekeeping, production of wool,
      production of domesticated fur-bearing animals, and other kindred and
      allied industries.
         2.  To encourage a relationship between people and the land that
      recognizes land as a resource to be managed in a manner that avoids
      irreparable harm.
         3.  To develop and implement policies that inspire public
      confidence in the long-term future of agriculture as an economic
      activity as well as a way of life.
         4.  To administer efficiently and impartially the inspection
      service of the state as is now or may hereafter be placed under its
      supervision.
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 1657-b, -g; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2587; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 159.2]
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 605
         Referred to in § 7E.5