Agriculture
- Don't know where to start? Try:
- AGRICOLA
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
Basic Sources
-
- AGRICOLA
- Citations for agricultural literature dating back to the 15th century from the National Agricultural Library.
- Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)
- A network that provides access to agricultural information, experts, and other resources.
- Agricultural Research Service
- Animal Welfare Information Center
- Information for improved animal care and use in research, teaching, and exhibition.
- National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
- Materials related to health, safety, and injury prevention in agriculture.
- National Agricultural Library Information Centers
- Providea access to comprehensive and essential information resources focusing on the specific aspects of agricultural subjects, including, but not limited to, Alternative Farming Systems, Animal Welfare, Food and Nutrition, and Invasive Species.
- USDA Economic Research Service
- Researches economic and policy issues related to food, farming, natural resources, and rural development.
Agencies
-
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- USDA Agencies and Offices
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
- United States Forest Service
Data and Statistics
-
- AgCensus
- Provides a complete picture of the agricultural sector in the U.S. Economy by county, state, or ZIP code from Cornell University Libraries.
- Agricultural Chemical Use Database
- Commodity acreages and active ingredient agricultural chemical use data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
- Agricultural Statistics
- Statistics on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns from 1994 to the present.
- Census of Agriculture
- The Census of Agriculture from 1840 to the present.
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Includes agricultural publications, data, and statistics.
- National Atlas: Agriculture
- USDA Economic Research Service Data Sets
Publications
-
- A to Z Digital Collection
- Pre-1960 agricultural government documents identified by which University of North Texas for retro-cataloging and digitization purposes.
- Agricultural Atlas of the United States
- Maps from the 2002 Census of Agriculture.
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
- National Agricultural Law Center CRS Collection
- National Council for Science and the Environment: Agricutlural CRS Reports
- National Agricultural Library
- Houses one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural information collections and serves as the nexus for a national network of state land-grant and U.S. Department of Agriculture field libraries.
- Access digitized USDA publications, including The Agriculture Handbook and The Yearbook of the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the National Agricultural Library Digital Repository.
- USDA Economic Research Service Publications
- US Forest Service Research Publications
- Web Soil Survey
- provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world.
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Quick Reference page for our most frequently used sources and search engines.
return to top
|