About Us
The Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture (Partnership) is a collaborative forum of State Departments of Agriculture, State Veterinarian's Offices, Homeland Security Advisors, Animal Health Departments, and Emergency Management Divisions from the following states: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The Partnership was formed in 2003 and strives to encourage collaboration between states, federal partners and state agency associations. Our mission is to collaborate, share information and prevent duplication of effort between states on agriculture emergency preparedness and response initiatives. The Partnership has produced tools that have assisted states in addressing many of the challenges involved in securing the agriculture sector.
The work of the Partnership has focused on the following priority areas:
- Risk communications during agricultural emergencies
- Interstate and intrastate planning for agricultural emergencies: including food, crop and animal health related events
- Joint training on preparedness, response, and recovery related issues
- Exercising and testing plans both interstate and intrastate
- Promoting collaboration and the sharing of information and resources amongst all states
- Addressing agriculture emergency response policy related issues
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