General agricultural links

Agriculture is the science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock. It is a major industry in the United States and the country is a net exporter of agricultural products. On this page, general agricultural links are arranged by the following sub-topics: Canada, Indexes and Search Engines, International, State, and USDA.

Canada

AgraPoint: Nova Scotia Agricultural College
AGCanada.com: Canada's premier agricultural publications
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Agriculture and Lands: Province of British Columbia
Agriculture: Government of Saskatchewan
Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development
Department of Natural Resources - Newfoundland/Labrador
Informed Farmers: Quality information for busy farmers
Manitoba Agriculture, Food, and Rural Initiatives
Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture

Indexes and search engines

AgricultureB2B.com
Agriculture in the Yahoo® Directory
Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)
AgriculturalLink.com
AgriPortal / Agri Africa
Agriscape™
AgriSurf!
AgroLine (Brazil)
AgroWeb Network (Central and Eastern Europe)
AgWeb
Prairie Links
United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN)
Web-Agri (French)

International

@grar.de (Germany)
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa
AGRIS: International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, Australia (DAFF)
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Department of Primary Industries (DPI), Victoria, Australia
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
IRIS Tasmania: Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand (MAF)
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia
TEAGASC: Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland

State

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
The Census of Agriculture
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Adminstration (GIPSA)
National Agricultural Library (NAL)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) | Twitter
National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) - formerly CSREES
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Risk Management Agency (RMA)
Rural Development
USDA Home | Facebook

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The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] is a privately-owned web site. It was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in small ruminant production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is solely maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center in Keedsyville, Maryland. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively. Susan raises purebred and crossbred Katahdin sheep on a small farm she calls The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

Disclaimer: The information and links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Common sense and sound judgement should be applied to all information obtained from the web, regardless of source. In matters of animal health, producers are advised to seek competent veterinary assistance.

Last updated 08-Jan-2012 by Susan Schoenian.