Office of the Director/Secretary

Provides overall leadership and establishes policy for the operation of the department; provides liaison between agricultural producers and state and federal government; and serves on national committees on behalf of agriculture.

Agricultural Biosecurity

Responsible for interacting with the agricultural industry, law enforcement agencies, and state and federal agencies to design and direct programs that safeguard and secure the food and agricultural industries.

Agricultural and Environmental Services

Oversees three program areas:  Entomology and Nursery Industries; Feed, Seed and Fertilizer; and Pesticide Compliance. Feed, Seed, and Fertilizer administers New Mexico commercial feed, seed, and fertilizer laws. Entomology and Nursery Industries handles in-store inspection of nursery plants, plant protection quarantines, apiary inspection, and phytosanitary certification for export of plant materials. Pesticide Compliance licenses pesticide applicators, registers pesticide products, and investigates pesticide-related complaints.

Two NMDA laboratories are under this division: the State Chemist Laboratory and the State Seed Laboratory which analyze official samples of feed, seed, fertilizer, and pesticide products, for the public and other agencies on a fee basis.

Agricultural Programs and Resources

Supervises the cooperative predatory wild animal and rodent pest program; supervises farm and range improvement fund activities; coordinates the New Mexico Soil and Water Conservation Program; and coordinates a noxious weed program.

Dairy

Inspects all dairy farms and processing plants; permits milk tankers and milk hauler samplers; reviews and approves all construction plans for dairy farms and processing plants; and enforces U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Pasteurized Milk Ordinance.

Marketing and Development

Responsible for state, national, and international marketing and expansion for New Mexico products, livestock, and processed foods; commodity promotions; specialty crop development; produce quality inspection; market news; agricultural statistics; and licensing of producer brokers and packers.

Standards and Consumer Services

Oversees the Consumer Services Bureau, which provides inspection of weighing and measuring devices, packaged commodities, eggs, dairy products, and weighmaster licensing; the Petroleum Services Bureau, which provides inspection of petroleum measuring devices and quality of petroleum products; and supervises the metrology and petroleum standards laboratories.

Metrology Laboratory- Maintains custody of official state standards for mass, volume, and length; provides calibration of weights and measures used in department regulatory activities; and calibration services on a fee basis for industry.

Petroleum Standards Laboratory-  Provides analysis of official samples in the enforcement of petroleum product quality standards and specification and sample analysis on a fee basis for industry and other agencies.

Veterinary Diagnostic Services

Provides diagnostic analysis of animal specimens on a referral basis for the public and other agencies.