{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-159.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 159.2","heading":"Objects of department.","body":"The objects of the department of agriculture and land stewardship shall be:\n1. To encourage, promote, and advance the interests of agriculture, including horticulture, livestock industry, dairying, cheese making, poultry raising, biofuels, beekeeping, production of wool, production of domesticated fur-bearing animals, and other kindred and allied industries.\n2. 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.\n3. 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.\n4. To administer efficiently and impartially the inspection service of the state as is now or may hereafter be placed under its supervision.","path":["Title V - AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)","Chapter 159 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/159.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:04Z","sha256":"ae4536c75a29dc1b9cd1f0de61098836108f51102f9afd40fe5c262bb9410d5d","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-159.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-159.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}