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, headquartered in

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" Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Retrieved on July 25, 2010. MDAC regulates and promotes agricultural-related

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...

es within Mississippi. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce was created by the Mississippi Legislature in 1906. The Commissioner of MDAC is an elected office. The position is contested every four years at the same time as the gubernatorial election.

Commissioners of Agriculture and Commerce, 1906–Present

* Henry Edward Blakeslee, 1906–1916 * Peter Parley Garner, 1916–1928 * J.C. Holton, 1928–1940 * Silas Edward "Si" Corley, 1940–1968 * Jim Buck Ross, 1968–1996 *

Lester Spell Lester Spell (born December 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce from 1996 to 2012. References

1942 births ...

, 1996–2012 *

Cindy Hyde-Smith Cindy Hyde-Smith (née Hyde; born May 10, 1959) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture a ...

, 2012–2018 *

Andy Gipson James Andrew Gipson (born December 21, 1976) is an American politician. He is the current Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. A member of the Republican Party, Gipson served as a member of the Mississippi House of Represent ...

, 2018–present

References

External links

Mississippi Department Agriculture and Commerce official website
State agencies of Mississippi State departments of agriculture of the United States 1906 establishments in Mississippi {{Mississippi-stub

Commissioners of Agriculture and Commerce, 1906–Present

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