Departments include: - agronomy and plant genetics; animal science; applied economics; biosystems and agricultural engineering; entomology; food science and nutrition; horticultural science, plant biology; plant pathology; rhetoric; and soil, water, and climate.

The mission of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering is to conduct research and educate people to solve engineering problems in agricultural and biological environments.

The Department of Plant Biology (PBio) is a member of two Colleges at the University of Minnesota: the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, and the College of Biological Sciences.

The Applied Plant Sciences graduate program has specialization tracks in agronomy/ agroecology, horticulture, and plant breeding/plant molecular genetics, and a general applied plant science track. In addition, a graduate minor in Sustainable Agriculture is available.

Department's mission is to conduct research and educate people about the science of entomology, emphasizing the systematics, biodiversity, biology, ecology and importance of insects and their relatives in relation to human welfare and the maintenance of a healthy environment.

The department's mission is to conduct research and education in plant health science, emphasizing the diagnosis and control of plant disease and relationships among plants, microbes and the environment.

The Department of Animal Science offers undergraduate and graduate courses. The undergraduate program includes advising and research opportunities for students majoring in Science in Agriculture, Animal Production Systems and Agricultural Industries and Marketing.

The department provides undergraduate and graduate programs in nutrition and in food science that prepare students for careers related to food and health, such as food manufacturing, quality assurance, food and nutrition research, dietetics and health professionals.

Rhetoric is a multidisciplinary department with communication and liberal arts components that is devoted to education in scientific and technical communication. The department offers students a broad range of courses in humanities, reading, writing and speech.

The Department traces its roots to the academic field of Agricultural Economics. The department is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate, graduate, and extension education, in basic and applied research, in continuing education and in international service.