Agriculture

General Agriculture
Crops
Livestock & Dairy
National & International
Washington State

General Agriculture

Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects
Suggestions for Science Projects from the US Department of Agriculture.

Agricultural Network Information Center
A guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions. Browsable by subject or search term.

American Farm Bureau: The Voice of Agriculture
News, views, issues, legislative action, state farm bureaus, links, and more.

Careers in Agricultural Science
Basic overviews of 40 agricultural science careers, from Agricultural Economist to Horticulturalist to Wildlife Biologist. From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

CyberLibrary Reference Shelf
The history of and differences between farm animals and food crops, fun farm facts, links to other web sites, essays, and more, from WIFE - the Kansas Women Involved in Farm Economics.

Educate Consumers About Agriculture's Role in Daily Life
Fun facts about agriculture, reading materials, careers in agriculture, farmers, state statistics, and more, from the Agricultural Council of America.

Family Farms Around the World
150 farm homepages give you a feel for life on the farm in 40 states and 18 countries around the world. Most include information about life on their farm, animals, crops, wildlife, marketing, problems, economics, soil, climate, and other information of interest to farmers, students, and the general public.

The Kid's Ag Page
On the farm (plants, animals and more), from the farm (food and other things you use every day), from farm to table (the story of milk), farm animals and their babies, and more agricultural topics for kids from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

Science in Your Shopping Cart
Some of the ways, both familiar and surprising, that agricultural research touches and improves daily life in the United States, from the Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

Soil Science Education Home Page
Everything there is to know about soil for kids, from NASA, based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant.

A Sustainable Future
How will we provide food for ourselves and for future generations? Many think that "sustainable agriculture" is the answer. But what is "sustainable agriculture?" Here are two essays that explore that question and raise a few new ones, from PBS's Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland.

4HUSA.org
4HUSA, with links to web resources, technology, and news. This site was made by the National 4-H Youth Technology Leadership Team and is hosted by NC State University.

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Crops

The Global Politics of Food
Three stories in this special report from American RadioWorks, a documentary project of Minnesota Public Radio and NPR News: Engineering Crops in a Needy World, A Bean of a Different Color, and the Campaign to Humanize the Coffee Trade.

The Grain Bin: Cereal Science Resource Links
Annotated links to web sites: Commercial Sites;
Commodities and Ingredients; Databases; Education;
Government (US); Health & Nutrition; Journals; Marketing;
Miscellaneous; News & Information; Research; Scientific Societies; Utilization. From the American Association of Cereal Chemists. Also see thelist of links to other Internet information resources.

Harvest of Fear
Explores the intensifying debate over genetically-modified (gm) food crops. Interviewing scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology. Presents both sides of the debate, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology. A NOVA/Frontline special report.

Major Crops of the Northern Plains
An introduction to the food crops of the four state region comprised of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana, a region that produces an abundance of the United States' agricultural commodities. From the Northern Crops Institute.

Popcorn: Ingrained in America's Agricultural History
A special exhibit tracing the history of popcorn, from the Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library.

Welcome to NewCROP, the New Crop Resource Online Program
The Web site of the Center for New Crops & Plant Products, at Purdue University, NewCROP provides detailed information and links to new and specialty crop profiles. Included: A list of scientific and common names of crops for information access, a nation-wide (US) location-specific crop information system, a guide to aromatic & medicinal plants, culinary herbs & spices, a list of unconventional food sources, connections to related web sites, external data-bases, and libraries, and much more.

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Livestock & Dairy

(see also Farm Animals)

Breeds of Livestock
An educational and informational resource on breeds of livestock throughout the world, presented by the Department of Animal Science at Oklahoma State University.

Dairy Science and Technology Educational Series
An educational site focused on milk, dairy products, and dairy technology, from Professor Douglas Goff, University of Guelph, Canada.

The Livestock Library
Comprehensive lists of links to livestock sites and livestock related information on the web, from the Oklahoma State University.

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National & International

AgriGator: Agriculture and Related Information - U. S. States Sites
Gateway to agricultural sites by state.

Agricultural Research Service

• Sci4Kids
  Click different images in the large picture to link to agricultural information for kids. Topics include farm animal research, insects, water, plants, transportation, fish farming, and much more, from the Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

Foreign Agricultural Service

• FASonline
  Countries, commodities, trade policy, export/import information, food aid, news, statistical reports, and more.

National Agricultural Library

• Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
  Publications, hot topics, aquaculture, links, organic food production, sustainable and community supported agriculture, and more. The AFSIC specializes in identifying and accessing information related to alternative agricultural enterprises and crops as well as alternative cropping systems.
  

• Kids Science Page - National Agricultural Library
  Explore the National Agricultural Library's site for kids, with links to animals, the environment, food and nutrition, plants, careers and many more agricultural topics.

• Sci4Kids
  Click on a picture to learn how science is everywhere you look; From the U. S. Agricultural Research Service.

United States Department of Agriculture

• The United States Department of Agriculture
  Stories, events, issues and everything else about agriculture in the United States.

• The USDA Economics and Statistics System
  Contains nearly 300 reports and datasets from the economics agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Most reports are text files that contain time-sensitive information. Most data sets are in spreadsheet format and include time-series data that are updated yearly.

• USDA for Kids: U. S. Department of Agriculture
  Comprehensive site linking kids to information about agriculture. Includes facts about agriculture, agricultural history, gardening, natural resource conservation, nutrition and the food guide pyramid, 4-H groups, food safety and inspection, and much more.

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
The home page, with detailed informational links, of the lead international agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 183 member countries plus one member organization, the European Community.

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Washington State

Raised in Washington
All about farm science, meat, poultry, seafood and dairy in Washington State, from P-I News for Kids.

Washington Agricultural Statistics Service
Fast facts, state statistics, county data, crop reports, and more, from the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

Welcome to the Washington State Department of Agriculture
Hot topics and news releases, information on fertilizers, pesticides, food, animals, pests, and more.

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Last Updated: November 25, 2009