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Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science
General Agriculture US Government Links
ATTRA - Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas - is the national sustainable farming information center operated by the private nonprofit National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
Ag Answers (Purdue
University, Ohio State University)
AGRIS, the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology, was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1974, to facilitate information exchange and to identify world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture. The system collects bibliographic references (to date, about 3 million) to either conventional (journal articles, books) or non-conventional materials (sometimes called "grey literature" e.g. theses, reports, etc.), not available through ordinary commercial channels. One of the main reasons for AGRIS' existence is to encourage the exchange of information among developing countries, whose literature would not be covered by other international systems.
AgriSurf! is the world's largest searchable agricultural WWW index.
AGROS: Agricultural Research Data Directory - a collection of data descriptions of USDA funded research, including soil, crop and plant, forest, rangeland, animal sciences, and other natural resource research areas, as well as economics, population, and food safety. It is linked to NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD), which includes comprehensive coverage of Earth science data, including oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere, and human dimensions of global change.
AGROVOC: Multilingual Agricultural Thesaurus, from the FAO.
Calculators On-Line Center - This site provides links to "13,745 calculators created by over 2,570" sites from all sources, commercial, public, non-profit and individuals. It features subject headings such as "Agriculture & Horticulture" in which there are calculators on Ag/Farm Costs, Soil (pH, Soil, Texture, Soil Science, Pesticides,Hydrocarbons), Water (Unit Conversion, pH, Characteristics, Budget,Erosion, Water Use, etc.), Aquaculture, Beekeeping & Honey Production, Crops & Horticulture (Acreage, Costs, Production, Seed, Plant Population, Pollination, Yield, Nutrients, Growth, etc.), Winemaking (Wine: Classification of Aromas, Winemaking & Beer Calculator), Livestock, Fertilizer & Spreaders, Pesticides/Herbicides & Sprayers, etc. Other headings are Chemistry, Finance, Home & Office, Construction, Stocks & Bonds, plus dozens of others.
CRIS: Current Research Information System - is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry. Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA research agencies, state agricultural experiment stations, the state land-grant university system, other cooperating state institutions, and participants in USDA's National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
Crop Weather - National Agricultural Statistics Service - USDA - Focuses on grain and fiber crops.
CSREES: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service - Its mission: To advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well being, and communities. Primary Functions: 1) Program leadership to identify, develop, and manage programs to support university-based and other institutional research, education, and extension; and 2) Fair, effective, and efficient administration of Federal assistance implementing research, education, and extension awards and agreements.
E-answers is a searchable Web site that provides reliable, research-based information on a wide range of Extension or Outreach-oriented subjects. From this source you can access the knowledge of Land Grant universities around the nation.
Farm-Assist - [From the site] "Farm-Assist is computer software that enables farmers to keep accurate records of their crop production inputs and profitability. The program has excellent built in flexibility applicable to most types of farming, including row crop, tree fruit, small fruit, vegetable, and cereal grain farms."
Iowa State University's Agriculture Resources on the Web - an excellent comprehensive list of agricultural resources.
Links to general agriculture sites
- Compiled by the National Agricultural Library.
Meaurements, Conversion Units & Calculations Useful to Farmers (ATTRA) - Provides dozens of links to calculators such as, Fertilizer Calculation for Home Gardens & Lawns, Land Area Calculator, Calculating Manure and Manure Nutrient Application Rates, Bushels, Test Weights and Calculations, and Weights and Processed Yields of Fruits and Vegetables in Retail Containers.
Missouri Digital Soil Survey - The Missouri Digital Soil Survey is a starting point for Missouri soil insight without having to dig a pit. This ongoing project of the Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems (CARES), the Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) "develop[s] in digital format individual county soil layers for selected counties in the state of Missouri using available GIS and scanning technology. Begun in 1997 the project is making progress, but fewer than half of Missouri's 114 counties are completed. However, it does provide general information on soil management, a glossary, and makes use of basic soil mapping capabilities.
The Missouri Alternatives Center (MAC) - The MAC serves as a resource for the Missouri small and new farm owner. They provide information on new crop start-ups, marketing strategies, organic certification assistance, and new ideas on how to profit off of small acreages.
National Agri-Marketing Association
National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information (NCALRI) - [from the website] ...the NCALRI conducts research and analysis and provides up-to-date information to farmers and agri-businesses, attorneys, community groups, and others confronting agricultural law issues. NCALRI attorneys disseminate information through symposia, publications, television, and radio presentations.
National Organic Program - Site provides assistance for producers in order to understand the meaning of the term "organic" and how to produce "certified" products.
The New American Farmer - This SARE publication collects in-depth interviews with farmers and ranchers to describe sustainable farm operations around the country. In addition to describing successful farming practices, the features in The New American Farmer detail the effects of those practices on farm profitability, quality of life, rural communities and the environment. One can download entire book in printer-friendly pdf format.
NCALRI - Agriculture Web Sites - A very extensive compilation of links in the following subjects: General Agricultural Sites, Agricultural Law, Publications and Statistics, Agricultural Economics, Specific Topics, and International Agriculture.
Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) and Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) programs.
Soil and Health Library: Health begins in the soil; Healing begins with hygiene; Liberty begins with freedom. - "This is a free public library of holistic agriculture, holistic health, self-sufficient living, and personal development. It offers you the opportunity to read accurately rendered, unabridged texts of carefully-selected older books whose importance and contemporary relevance has not diminished. Most books in this library are out of print and can be hard to find; many are old enough to be public domain." Books are divided into four categories: Radical Agriculture, Restoration and Maintenance of Health, Achieving Personal Sovereignty, and Achieving Spiritual Freedom.
Small Farming Resources - from the Extension Agricultural and Applied Economics Department, University of Georgia
Web-agri - a farming / agriculture search engine
World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT)
UC Sustainable Research and Education Program
Yahoo! - Science: Agriculture:Sustainable Agriculture
United States Government Links
Agricultural Research Service - The ARS is the principal research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ATF - Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Code of Federal Regulations
- ATF Title 27, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 273
Wine
Institute's Federal Regulations Regarding wine - 27 CFR
Current Research Information
System - CRIS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) documentation and
reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food
and nutrition, and forestry. Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA research
agencies, state agricultural experiment stations, the state land-grant university system,
other cooperating state institutions, and participants in USDA's National Research
Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
Department of Botany at the National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Congress (Thomas database)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's Surf Your Watershed - Locate your watershed to learn about the land you live upon.
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
Forestry Images - A joint project by the U.S. Forest Service, the Bugwood Network, and the University of Georgia, this site contains nearly 4500 images of forest plants, insects, silvicultural practices, invasive organisms, and scenes of nature.
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) - In 1990, the U.S. Congress authorized establishment of a National Genetic Resources Program (NGRP). It is the NGRP's responsibility to: acquire, characterize, preserve, document, and distribute to scientist germplasm of all lifeforms important for food and agricultural production, and provide a continuous flow of genes from source to end use, a continuum that keeps high-yielding varieties on the market; improves the quality of agricultural products; minimizes production costs; reduces dependence on pesticides, thus enhancing the quality of the environment; and minimizes the vulnerability of agriculturally important germplasm to pests and environmental stresses. The GRIN web server provides germplasm information about plants, animals, microbes and invertebrates. This program is within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.
U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
Midwestern Regional Climate Center - a cooperative program of the National Climatic Data Center and the Illinois State Water Survey in Champaign, IL. and is one of six regional climate centers.
NAL - National
Agriculture Library
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Missouri section - The federal government agency that works hand-in-hand with people to conserve natural resources on private lands. Using our scientific and technical expertise, and our partnerships with Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) and others, we help conserve all natural resources on private lands.
SciTechResources.Gov - "Provides the scientist, engineer, and science aware citizen with easy access to government resources." From the U.S. Dept of Commerce, Washington, DC.
UN / ECE Handbook of Agricultural Statistics - This publication has been prepared jointly by the secretariats of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and of the Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT) pursuant to the decision of the twentieth session of the ECE/FAO Study Group on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe held in Geneva from 8 to 11 July 1991 to compile this handbook of definitions and concepts used by international agencies collecting food and agriculture statistics. [snip]
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) - If you are thinking of value-adding to your fruit operation and want to insure quality control and standards compliance, click over to the USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service. This USDA service employs specialists who provide standardization, grading and market news services for fruit and vegetable, and other, commodities. They enforce federal laws such as the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and the Federal Seed Act, as well as set the quality standards for fresh fruit and vegetables, frozen fruit, fresh fruit for processing, and canned fruit. These standards are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (which is free) on the web.
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map - The 2001 US National Arboretum "Web Version" of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 1475, Issued January 1990.
U.S. Trade Representative
The White House
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