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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.
- Directory
of State Departments of Agriculture
- Environmental
Protection Agency
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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