Agriculture Resources
- Education In Agriculture: AgLinks for Educators
- Includes an excellent list of colleges of agriculture throughout the U.S.
- A History of American Agriculture: 1776-1990
- Chart following eleven major themes of agricultural history in the U.S., decade by decade. Click on the theme/decade to see what major events and developments happened. Provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- ATI-Net(Login as: super)
- The Advanced Technology Information Network (ATI-Net) is a full service information source designed for the California agri-cultural market, including an international exporting (ATLS system), and the educational community (CSUPER-Net). Please note: Registration is available, but *not* necessary to use the services. Be sure to check out the Automated Trade Library Service (ATLS), which has lots of information on countries and how to export agricultural products to them.
- 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.
- Food Market Overviews
- Reports on countries of the world and their background related to food.
- 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.
- USDA Foreign Agriculture Databases
- Order custom reports on agricultural crops, livestock and associated data. Produces charts, graphs and information on demand!
- Pacific Rim Trade
- Information from the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service, reviewing how APEC will help with trade opportunities for agricultural products to the Pacific Rim countries.
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- The organization created to increase trade cooperation between Pacific Rim countries.
- Maps of the Pacific Rim Countries
- A collection of maps of the Asian countries of the Pacific Rim.
- News From Asia-Pacific Rim Countries
- The Washington post has created a special section for news reposts about events and issues in the Asian countries of the Pacific Rim trade area.
- The Pacific Rim Business Card Center
- "This aim of this page is to provide a means
for anyone who may be either conducting business with or just want to
learn more about the unique importance placed on business cards. Too often
these little pieces of paper just end up in the drawer or the Rolodex. But
if you want to improve your chance in bettering your business prospects,
especially in the Far East/Pacific Rim, if would be prudent to learn about
the fascinating stories behind the business cards."
Pork Links
The following set of "Pork Links" are gathered here for the Swine and Pork Internet Assignment, for the Wemp & Krunzo class.
- Pork Industry News and Information
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- Flush System/Waste Management
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- Pig Farming Magazine
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- Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)
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- Internet Pork Catalog
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- Pork and the Environment
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- Pork Quality Assurance Program
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- Coolhog Swine Cooling System
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- Cooking Pork
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- Swine: Montana State University
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- Showing Swine
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- Canadian Pork
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- PMX Feeds
Livestock Breeds
- Purina Breed Profile & Information: Dogs and Cats
- This list provides information on the history and characteristics of many cat and dog breeds. Provided by the Purina Company.
- Livestock Breeds
- From Oklahoma State University comes an excellent collection of
background and links to information on livestock breeds.
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 Dorper Sheep Breeder's Society
- Sheep breeds information, from the American Sheep Breeder's Society.
- U.S. Targhee Sheep Association
- Sheep breed information from the U.S. Targhee Sheep Association.
- Sheep Breeds Available In Australia
- Sheep breeds information, from Australia; showing many color photos of the breeds.
- Some Sheep Breeds Found In Australia
- Information about sheep breeds found in Australia, including advantages and disadvantages of each breed.
Other general Information
- The Family Farm Project
- The Family Farm Project is a three-year study exploring family farming and community life in Knox County, Ohio.
- 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 Associaltion offers a lot of information about the care of pets at this site. Includes health, safety, and purchasing information, plus more!
- California Farm Bureau
- The California organization that seeks to represent agriculture.
- American Farm Bureau - Voice of Agriculture
- The national organization that seeks to represent agriculture. Includes news, views, issues, and news of today's agriculture.
- High Plains Journal
- The online version of a publication for the farmer-rancher, including information on livestock and feeds, plus other related information.
- United States Department of Agriculture
- The Home Page of the U.S. government agenct 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.
- Census of Agriculture
- The 1992 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Geographic Area Series. Lots of specific data about crops, production, acres in production and lots of other detailed information for U.S. Agriculture. Data shown by state and county.
- Ag Market Reports
- Information about the prices and market demand of farm procucts, plus related information.
- Ag Outlook Reports
- Status reports and overviews of various crops and farm commodities and products. Check here to see how stocks of various crops or livestock fare nationally and internationally.
- Ag Reports
- More reports on the status of crop and farm production.
- World Agricultural Supply and Demand
- Information on a global scale with respect to agricultural products. Check here for reports which indicate world supply and demand for various farm products.
- Market Information System
- Market Information System (MIS) is a computer information system established by Dr. John VanSickle at the University of Florida (UF) , Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) , Food and Resource Economics Department (FRED). MIS provides agricultural market information received from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
- Not Just Cows
- "A Guide to Internet/Bitnet Resources in Agriculture and Related Sciences." Tips on how to use the Internet for agriculture study. A treasure trove of information for ag students.
- National FFA
- National Future Farmers of America home on the Web.
- Sites of Interest
- From the Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Minnesota, we have a large number of links to Internet resources for Food and Agriculture related information.
- FlowerBase
- Flowerbase - a database offering over 7,000 pictures of flowers, plants and garden plants. The Flowerbase is a colaboration between Glasshouse Business Networks and Pictura Nobilis.
- Sustainable Agriculture Virtual Library
- Links to a wide variety of resources connected with sustainable agriculture.
- Rice 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.
- What is Sustainable Agriculture?
- From U.C. Davis: "Agriculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, mechanization, increased chemical use, specialization and government policies that favored maximizing production. These changes allowed fewer farmers with reduced labor demands to produce the majority of the food and fiber in the U.S."
- The Yahoo Directory for Agriculture.
- Just about all the great links to agricultural information on the Web seem to be here. Looks like a great place to start browsing.
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- Return to Ramon Garza's Web Links Page..
