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Agency Mission Statement  
Mission: The mission of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is to facilitate the competitive and efficient marketing of agricultural products.
Vision: We envision a marketing system that quickly and efficiently moves wholesome, affordable agricultural products from the farm to the consumer.

 
Values: As an agency, and as individual employees, we subscribe to the following five core values:

 
  • Independence and Objectivity: We act independently and objectively to create trust in our programs and services for individuals and businesses
  • Customer Service: We provide prompt, accurate, and technically competent services to our customers
  • Accountability: We are accountable to our customers
  • Honestly and Integrity: We maintain honestly and integrity in our programs and ourselves.
  • Fairness: We treat everyone with fairness, dignity, and respect.

 
  Last Modified Date: 04/22/2008