# Food Loss & Waste Liaison

**Agency:** Agriculture (USDA)  
**Account:** Office of the Chief Economist  
**Source document:** Office of the Chief Economist · p. 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/agriculture/food-loss-waste-liaison  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 0.5 |

## Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $20.40B, FY2026 $33.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The appropriations language follows (new language underscored; deleted matter enclosed in Item Actual FTEs Actual FTEs Estimated FTEs Estimated FTEs Inc. or Dec. Dec. Key Item Actual FTEs Actual FTEs Estimated FTEs Estimated FTEs Inc. or Dec. or Dec. 2 This table does not match MAX Schedule X due to reimbursables. 3 This table does not match MAX Schedule X due to reimbursables.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Agriculture (USDA) › Office of the Chief Economist › Office of the Chief Economist › Office of the Chief Economist: Discretionary Appropriations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*