Agriculture

This web page contains federal information sources for agriculture and intended for academic departments

Primary Information Sources

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA is the country's largest conservation agency, encouraging voluntary efforts to protect soil, water, and wildlife on the 70 percent of America's lands that are in private hands. USDA is the steward of our nation's 192 million acres of national forests and rangelands.

Mission Areas, Agencies and offices

Comprehensive list of departmental, administrative offices and agencies.

History of American Agriculture

The history of American Agriculture from 1776-1997.

Subject Index

Browse information through the alphabetical subject index.

National Agricultural Library

The National Library of the United States and the Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Provides access to information on any topic in agriculture and provides quality stewardship of its unique collection.

Agricola

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.

AgNIC

The Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC), is a voluntary alliance of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), land-grant universities and other agricultural organizations, in cooperation with citizen groups and government agencies. AgNIC focuses on providing agricultural information in electronic format over the World Wide Web via the Internet.

List of Journals Indexed in Agricola

The Indexing Branch of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) currently indexes approximately 850 journals for AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access), the library's bibliographic database.

Publications and Databases

Comprehensive list of publications which include reports, newsletters and journals. Provides access to many databases to search agricultural information.

Information By Topic

Agronomy

National Agronomy Manual

Provides information on authorities, policies and responsibilities related to Agronomy.

NRCS : Soils

Information on reports and publications of soil survey throughout the nation.

NRCS Soil Classification

Complete information on soil classification, including a database, image, maps and international committees.

Animals

Animal Feeding Oprations

Information on comprehensive nutrient management plans.

Veterinary Medicine

Extensive information on drugs and additives for animals.

Dairy, Livestock & Poultry

Complete information which includes reports, publications and presentations.

Crops and Plants

Crop Insurance

In-depth information on crop policies.

Current Research Information System

Information on documents and reports for ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture.

Plants National Database

Profound information on plants.

Plant Sciences Institute

Complete information on crop production which includes several databases.

Horticulture

Garden and Horticulture

Information on the Arboretum, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Good information source for research, education, and conserve and display trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants to enhance the environment.

Home Gardening

General information on home gardening and backyard conservation.

Horticulture WWW Guide

Exhaustive information resource on world wide web links on various horticultural topics.

Statistics

Agricultural Statistics

Statistical information on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns. These publications are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files. Coverage of years range is 1994-2003.

1998 Census of Horticulture

Information available on both HTML and PDF formats.

Fact Finder for Agriculture

Comprehensive information source for Agricultural Statistics.

FAO Statistics

FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in various areas.

Special Thanks to USDA & NAL!