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Click on the following links to go directly to the relevant sub-section:Agricultural Organizations | Agricultural Magazines & Publications | Botany & Biotechnology | Horticulture | Livestock Breeds | Colleges of Agriculture | Government Agencies | Agricultural Market Reports | Crop Information | Soils | Landscaping
American Farm Bureau - Voice of Agriculture
The national organization that seeks to represent agriculture. Includes news, views, issues, and news of today's agriculture.
Agricultural Magazines and Publications
High Plains Journal
The online version of a publication for the farmer-rancher, including information on livestock and feeds, plus other related information.
Botany and BiotechnologyIntroductory Plant Biology Text's Current Global Botany Issues
Your textbook's resource links are linked from here. Offers "summaries of recent Botany stories."The Economic Research Service
Part of the USDA, ERS "provides economic analysis on efficiency, efficacy, and equity issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development to improve public and private decisionmaking."National Agicultural Statistics Service (NASS) and also:
Other Links from: National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
A USDA agency that conducts "hundreds of surveys and prepare reports covering virtually every facet of U.S. agriculture --
production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm aspects of the industry. NASS publications cover a wide range of subjects, from traditional crops, such as corn and wheat, to specialties, such as mushrooms and flowers; from calves born to hogs slaughtered; from agricultural prices to land in farms. The abundance of information produced has earned for NASS employees the title, 'The Fact Finders of Agriculture.'"National Parks Conservation Association
"The National Parks Conservation Association is America 's only private nonprofit organization dedicated solely to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the National Park System." Be sure to see the "What's Hot" section.National Park Service
"The National park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education,and inspiration of this and future generations." Toward that mission they make a lot of information available about the U.S. parks.Plant Conservation Alliance
"The PCA is a consortium of ten federal government Member agencies and over 145 non-federal Cooperators: biologists, botanists, habitat preservationists, horticulturists, resources management consultants, soil scientists, special interest clubs, non-profit organizations, concerned citizens, nature lovers, and gardeners.... who work collectively to solve the problems of native plant extinction and native habitat restoration, ensuring the preservation of our ecosystem." See their extensive libraries of information.The Public Lands Information Center
Provides "a single source of information about recreation and land use on all public lands in a state, regardless of managing agency. We realize that when you have a destination or an activity in mind, your concern is to find out where to go, when to go, what to do, and how much it will cost. But up until now, getting those answers often meant an endless goose chase of contacting government agencies and trying to pinpoint the correct agency, department, or office."Recreation.Gov
"Recreation.Gov is a partnership among federal land management agencies aimed at providing a single, easy-to-use web site with information about all federal recreation areas. The site allows you to search for recreation areas by state, by recreational activity, by agency, or by map."The Sierra Club
An environmental organization that wqas founded by the famour John Muir. Check here for information on how and why they are trying to presenve our environment.US Army Corps of Engineers
They are involved in "Planning, designing, building and operating water resources and other civil works projects. Designing and managing the construction of military facilities for the Army and Air Force. Providing design and construction management support for other Defense and federal agencies.U.S. Department of the Interior
This agency "has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. From its establishment in 1849, the Department has managed many varied programs including Indian Affairs, administering land grants, improving historic western emigrant routes, marking boundaries, and conducting research on geological resources."U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
"The principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.... manages the 93 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System of more than 520 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas.... it also operates 66 National Fish Hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations."Plant Facts
This is an international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center about plants. The site includes sections on gardens, ornamental plants, insects and disease, turf images, fruits and vegetables, plus a plant glossary where you can learn the definition of many commonly used horticultural terms. In addition, there is a concentrated search engine dealing strictly with plants, covering over 260,000 pages of information.
General Information On Animal Breeds
Livestock Breeds
From Oklahoma State University comes an excellent collection of background and links to information on livestock breeds.Pork Links
Pork Industry News and Information
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)Sheep Breeds
Link to Sheep Breeds
Direct link to the Sheep Breeds page, at Oklahoma State University . Includes extensive information on each breed, with color photos.American Sheep Industry Association
ASI is a producer-powered federation of state organizations dedicated to the common goal of promoting the well being and profitability of the sheep industry in the United States . Together, ASI and the state organizations develop and present programs of the highest quality, integrity and dependability as the national voice of the sheep industry.
Other Animal Information
NetVet and The Electronic Zoo
NetVet & the Electronic Zoo originate from the vivid imagination and late night web-surfing of Dr. Ken Boschert, a Veterinarian at Washington University , located in St. Louis , Missouri . Among this server's Web Pages are numerous views of Veterinary Medical and Animal resources available on the Internet and beyond.Care For Pets
American Veterinary Medicine Association offers a lot of information about the care of pets at this site. Includes health, safety, and purchasing information, plus more!Top of Page | Top of Section | End of Page
The National Council for Agricultural Education
"The National Council for Agricultural Education will be the premier leadership organization for shaping and strengthening school based agricultural education (SBAE) at all levels in the United States."USDA Foreign Agriculture Service: Market Reports
Valuable data about foreign countries and agricultural information. Search the databases for the crop or commodity and country of interest.USDA Foreign Agriculture Service: Trade Data and Analysis
Valuable data about the items that are imported and exported between the U.S. and countries of the world.United States Department of Agriculture
The Home Page of the U.S. government agency which has the most to do with farms, farming and farmers. Has many links to information that is of value to those in farming and farm-related industries. Be sure to check out the "USDA Program Missions" section.Foreign Agricultural Service
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) represents U.S. agricultural interests overseas, reports on international agricultural production and trade, promotes exports of U.S. farm products, works to improve world trading conditions, carries out food aid and market-related technical assistance programs and helps increase income and food availability in developing nations by mobilizing expertise for agriculturally led economic growth.
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USDA Market News Reports
"Current, unbiased price and sales information to assist in the orderly marketing and distribution of farm commodities. Reports include information on prices, volume, quality, condition, and other market data on farm products in specific markets and marketing areas. Reports cover both domestic and international markets."Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library
A grand collection of links to market reports. Provided by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University .Top of Page | Top of Section | End of Page
Crop InformationSustainable Agriculture Virtual Library
Links to a wide variety of resources connected with sustainable agricultureRice Web
Everything you wanted to know about one of the longest-running cereals on earth its history, where and how it is grown, recipes and more. Produced by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines in association with the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), Cte d'Ivoire, and the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Colombia.Top of Page | Top of Section | End of Page
The National Agricultural Library
The National Agricultural Library is a major international source for agriculture and related information. This Web site provides access to NAL's many resources and a gateway to its associated institutions.Soils Online
"The Soils Online page was created to guide soil scientists through the daily expanding information in the Internet. Be sure to scroll down to the Teaching Online section, where there is a lot of information on soils."Growit.com
This "online seed and feed store" offers a wide variety of agricultural information in their Knowledge Base section. Look in there for soil data.Homegrown Hydroponics
This is a great location to learn all about hydroponics, including the need for proper nutrients.Let's Get Growing: Earthworms
Let's Get Growing website offers kits and project materials related to earthworms. Also links to other classroom resources for science and art. Type the word "worms" in the search box near the top of the page to see all they offer on earthworms.The Compost Resource Page
A starting place for locating information about composting. Lots of information on things related to composting.The Composting Handbook
Learn how to make "backyard magic" compost with this illustrated online handbook.Yosemite National Park
The official home page for Yosemite National Park . Provides information on weather and driving conditions, camping, backpacking, plus sections for teachers and college internships.Top of Page | Top of Section | End of Page
National Gardening Association
"For more than twenty years, the National Gardening Association has been doing two things: helping gardeners and helping people through gardening. Founded in 1972 (as "Gardens for All") to spearhead the community garden movement, today's National Gardening Association (NGA) is best known for its high-quality publication, National Gardening Magazine, its innovative science education programs and its garden-related research."Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series
The goal of the SULIS is to provide sustainable landscape information to the public and to the horticulture/landscape industry. By utilizing SULIS concepts, homeowners, business owners and related industry personnel will be able to create outdoor spaces that are functional, maintainable, environmentally sound, cost effective and aesthetically pleasing.Garden.com Home Page
A website for home gardeners. Has a nice section on "virtual" gardens, with slides and descriptions of plants and landscape features of the garden.
