U.S. and State Government Agencies: Agriculture and Food

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• USDA home page Searchable portal to all USDA sites and agencies; also includes current news, reports, press resleases.
  • Links to all USDA Agencies Web pages .
  • For links to contact people at USDA: "How to get information from the USDA"
  • USDA statistical data
  • USDA Agricultural Fact Book : annual publicaton with information on current and historical state of agriculture in America.
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• National Agricultural Library
• National Cooperative Extension Service Home Page
• NDSU Cooperative Extension
• Other state Extension Service Web pages
• Search for online extension publications
• Land Grant Institutions Information and history from National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
  • List of all Land Grant Colleges and Universities
  • Links to all Land Grant College and University Library Catalogs.
• State Departments of Agriculture. Addresses and links. Maintained by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
• North Dakota resources on the internet
• Statistical data. Links to U.S., state and international sources of agricultural production, trade, and commodity market statistics and data.
• Environmental Protection Age
• Other government agencies and information

Search engines and directories to U.S. Government Information on the web.

• Google's Uncle Sam
• SciTechResources Annotated searchable directory of U.S. government sites including agriculture. Provided by the National Technical and Information Service (NTIS).
• Science.gov A free service on the internet where users can find over 1,700 government information resources about science and agriculture, including technical reports, journal citations, databases, federal Web sites and fact sheets.
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

How to find information from USDA.

Consult the following comprehensive article:

McBride, Matthew. Harvesting USDA's Agricultural Information. Online. vol. 28, no. 1; Jan. 2004. http://www.onlinemag.net

Foreign and International agricultural government agencies

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Online "Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth."

ACEIS: Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada electronic information service.

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization service of the United Nations