The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development. The Secretary is a member of the President'sCabinet.
Developing agricultural initiatives to meet changes in market demands, as well as preserving agriculture’s role in the nation’s most densely populated state and preparing future generations of farmers, are the challenges he has addressed.
The Secretary has charted a comprehensive course to oversee the programs that affect the state’s 9,600 farms and a food and agriculture complex that contributes $64 billion annually to the state’s economy.
Secretary Kuperus recognized the potential for the farm community to benefit from alternative fuels, both as consumers of energy in their farm operations and as producers of the feed stocks needed to create alternative fuels, such as corn for ethanol and soybeans for bio-diesel.
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