AgNIC Home Page -- AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center) is a distributed network that provides access to agriculture-related information, subject area experts, and other resources, particularly useful to individuals involved in animal science research, animal production, and marketing.
Agriculture: A List of Websites -- This list provides a sampling of the rapidly proliferating number of agricultural resources available on the Internet divided into 24 main categories and 15 subcategories. Last updated February 2001
Building Better Rural Places -- A guide for anyone seeking help from federal programs to foster innovative enterprises in agriculture and forestry in the United States.
Congressional Research Service Reports. Agriculture -- This site contains a collection of nonpartisan reports on agricultural and environmental issues produced by the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service.
FAO Corporate Document Repository -- The FAO Document Repository collects and disseminates on the Internet full FAO documents and publications as well as selected non-FAO publications.
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship -- The Department's home page consists of information from the five divisions: Administrative, Regulatory, Laboratory, Soil Conservation, and Agricultural Development Authority including reports, directories, laws, and regulations.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources -- Provides links to fish and wildlife, parks and preserves, forestry, and environmental information pertaining to Iowa, including DNR programs and publications.
National Ag Safety Database -- An extensive compendium of agricultural safety and health education and information resources.
National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center (EPA) -- The "first stop" for information about complying with environmental requirements that affect the agricultural community; also provides information on reducing pollution and making good use of the latest pollution prevention technologies.
National Clonal Germplasm Repository -- Located in Corvallis, Oregon, the Repository is a genebank that preserves invaluable plant genetic resources of temperate fruit, nut, and agronomic crops. Posts contact information via mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail. Notes that cultivars (clones) are stored as growing plants, while wild species are generally preserved as seed. Discusses the activities at the Repository, including tissue culture, cryogenic preservation, pathogen testing, and germplasm evaluation.
National Handbook of Conservation Practices -- This page provides links to more than 150 conservation practice standards for farming and ranching, developed by the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly U.S. Soil Conservation Service). All standards are available in both PDF and Word.
National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) -- The National Plant Germplasm System is a cooperative effort by state, federal, and private organizations to preserve the genetic diversity of plants. This is done by acquiring, preserving, evaluating, documenting, and distributing crop germplasm resources. This site allows searching of the GRIN system and provides links to germplasm repositories, as well as related web sites.
National Seed Storage Laboratory -- Home page of the Laboratory, whose mission is to preserve the base collection of the National Plant Germplasm System and to conduct research to develop new technologies for preservation of seed and other propagules of plant genetic resources.
National Soil Tilth Laboratory -- Home page of the Laboratory, whose mission is to generate and integrate knowledge for the development and evaluation of management practices that enhance surface and ground water quality while ensuring the long term enhancement and conservation of the nation's soil and water resources. Included at this site is a personnel directory, NSTL publications, NSTL software and links to USDA.
National Soybean Research Laboratory -- The National Soybean Research Laboratory facilitates proactive programs that can provide effective responses to emerging market conditions, help insure the health and well-being of consumers, and increase profitability in the soybean industry.
NOAA Web Sites. Weather -- Provides up-to-date information and access to all NOAA home pages and related sites on weather, and weather services, including latest satellite imagery.
NOAA's Drought Information Center -- NOAA's drought information center is a roundup of the various NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions.
Nonpoint Source Pollution Homepage -- Links to publications, information resources, educational materials, funding opportunities, and recent legislation related to non-point source pollution of water.
Plant Conservation Alliance -- Home page of the Alliance, whose mission is to protect native plants by ensuring that native plant populations and their communities are maintained, enhanced and restored.
Plant Introduction Station -- One of four regional centers, the station maintains seed (germplasm) collections of 30,000 individual lines.
SoyBase Home Page -- SoyBase is a database for soybean genetic information and genome mapping. It is part of the legume database project at Iowa State University and funded by the USDA-ARS Plant Genome Program. This page was designed to give geneticists and breeders easy access to data from many laboratories, the literature and other databases (Genbank, GRIN, PVP, BIOSIS, AGRICOLA). A link is provided for access to SoyBase.
USAID: The United States Agency for International Development -- USAID is an independent federal government agency that provides foreign assistance in: economic growth and agricultural development; population, health and nutrition; environment; democracy and governance; education and training, and; humanitarian assistance.
USDA Regional Pest Management Centers -- Provides links to rapid and neutral dissemination of pest management information to growers, extension, consultants, regulatory personnel, and the public at large. Information is restricted to that provided by the U.S. land-grant university system and the U.S. government.
Wetland Science Institute -- Home page of the Institute, whose mission is to develop, adapt, and disseminate science and technology needed to protect and restore wetlands.
