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These links are a subset of Agronomic Links Around the Globe, a collection of agronomic links organized by international, national and state categories, and maintained by R.L. (Bob) Nielsen, Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054. Comments can be emailed to rnielsen@purdue.edu.
Note: No endorsement nor promotion of the linked sites is intended by the author or Purdue University.
- Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
- The mission of the CTIC is to promote the adoption of economically-viable and environmentally-sound agricultural and natural resource management practices.
- National Biological Information Infrastructure
- "The National Biological Information Infrastructure is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources."
- National Weather Service
- National Weather Service Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN), the National Weather Service's Internet data source.
- United States Agency for International Development
- "USAID has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. "
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Agricultural Marketing Service
- Agricultural Research Service
- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center; Agricultural Research Service; Research, Education & Economics; U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- The Cereal Rust Laboratory on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota is a national center for research on rust diseases of wheat, oat, and barley within the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- The National Agricultural Library, part of the USDA
Agricultural Research Service , is one of four national libraries in the US.
The NAL is a major international resource for agriculture and related
information. This Web site provides access to NAL's many resources and a
gateway to its associated institutions. NAL has 10
subject
specific information centers that provide customized services to the
agricultural community and others. Through the Internet, the centers provide
access to digital information including images, databases, software, patents,
bibliographies, and resource guides. They also provide subject matter expertise
and perform extensive outreach and collaborative activities.
- Agriculture Network Information Center
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
- Water Quality Information Center
- GrainGenes is a WWW compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat, barley, oats, rye, and sugarcane.
- National Seed Storage Laboratory, The NSSL is a core facility for the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System. The NSSL is located on the Colorado State University Campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. The primary mission of the Laboratory is to provide long-term preservation of plant genetic resources of important plant species for current and future generations.
- National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory , located at Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907. The NSERL is the focal point for the U.S. Government's national research program in soil erosion.
- National Soil Tilth Laboratory, Ames, Iowa. The mission of the National Soil Tilth Laboratory 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.
- Wind Erosion Laboratory was established in the Farm Machinery Hall on the campus of Kansas State University in late 1947. The laboratory serves as a focal point for wind erosion research in the United States and is also a frequent stop for foreign scientists interested in various aspects of wind erosion.
- Conservation & Production Research Laboratory
(CPRL) is located in the Southern Plains Area. The CPRL is operated in
cooperation with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (Agricultural
Research and Extension Center at Amarillo ), which is part of the Texas A&M
University System and its College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at College
Station, TX.
- Cropping Systems Research Laboratory (CSRL), comprised of the Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research Unit, Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research Unit, and Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit.
- The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) seeks improved market access for U.S. products and implements programs designed to build new markets and to maintain the competitive position of U.S. products in the global marketplace.
- Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, The mission of the Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory is to increase the knowledge and application the systematics of fungi and vascular plants essential to solving problems in sustainable and conventional agriculture.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) provides germplasm information about plants, animals, microbes and invertebrates within the National Genetic Resources Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
- Natural Resources Conservation Service , The mission of the Natural Resources Conservation Service is to provide leadership and administer programs to help people conserve, improve and sustain our natural resources and environment.
- North Central Region Plant Introduction Station, USDA/ARS & Iowa State University.
- Online Directory of Professional Workers in Agriculture
- Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- National
Plant Board
The National Plant Board is an organization of the plant pest regulatory agencies of each of the states and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- National
Plant Board
- Maize Genome Database, MaizeDB is a public Internet gateway to current knowledge about the maize genome and its expression. It has been continuously supported since 1991 by the USDA-ARS, and more recently also by the NSF and the University of Missouri.
- The Plant Genome Data and Information Center (PGDIC) provides access to a variety of information products and services on all aspects of plant and animal genome mapping.
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