Links are organized by general links, livestock, agribusiness, horticulture, soils, and organizations.
General Links
- A History of American Agriculture, 1776-1990
- Click on the table to explore important events in agriculture by decade and category. Categories include equipment & technology, economics, crops & livestock, transportation, life on the farm, and several others. There is also a link to a table for updates through 1997. From the USDA.
- The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
- "The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science, forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science." Current online holdings: 815 Monographs (302,688 Pages). From Cornell University Library.
- Agriculture Network Information Center AGNIC
- AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library and other institutions." You can browse by subject or use the search engine which allows simple and advanced searches and a thesaurus.
- Yahoo!'s Directory of Agriculture
- A good place to start your search for online research materials.
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Here you'll find information on agencies and programs of the USDA. Click on "Subject" to browse articles alphabetically.
- Ohio Department of Agriculture
- This site will probably be more useful to the student than the USDA's. Spend some time exploring--there's a lot here.
- Breeds of Livestock
- Search for cattle, goats, horses, sheep, swine or 'other.' Or, search by region or by typing in the breed you're interested in by clicking the "Look Up" button. Site sponsored by Oklahoma State University's Department of Animal Science.
- Livestock Links from Ohioline
- Ohioline is an online service of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at OSU. These links are primarily focused on the care and feeding of livestock.
- Net Vet and the Electronic Zoo: Animal Resources
- All kinds of animals are covered here: includes links for cows, horses, pigs, rabbits, and small ruminants.
- I almost removed this link because so many of the links here are dead, but many useful resources remain.
- Soils Online
- An incredible array of authoritative links on soil sciences. Unfortunately, the site does not seem to be being updated, so some of the links are bound to be dead. Check the "Teaching and Learning Online" section for links selected for students.
- Soil Science Education Homepage
- This site's articles and links were chosen with middle school and high school students in mind. Good for both basic and some advanced information. Check the "Links" for more advanced information. This is a NASA website which is supported by the National Science Foundation.
- Internet Glossary of Soil Science Terms
- Developed and maintained by the Soil Science Society of America. Search by term or browse the terms alphabetically.
- Plants Database
- If you need to know something about plants--crops or otherwise--you can probably find it at this site from the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the USDA.
- Ohio Corn Marketing Progam
- The site includes a great deal of information on corn production.
- Specialty Corns
- "The purpose of this guide is to provide a comprehensive source of knowledge on the production, nutritional value, utilization, and marketing of specialty corn." From OSU's Ohioline.
- Ohio Agronomy Guide--Small grains production
- This is a text-only bulletin from the OSU Extension service.
- Veg Net
- Ohio State Extension Vegetable Crops. Food safety regulations and production guides are available here.
- Plant Facts
- Factsheet Database: Guides for answering plant-related questions from 46 different universities and government institutions across the United States and Canada. From OSU.
- Agriculture Network Information Center
- This site, from Texas A & M, features information on farm management, finance & markets, and foreign trade.
- Agribiz
- "A free information resource for the global agriculture community. Organizing agricultural resources on the web." The resources are organized in three main sections: News & Articles; Markets & Analysis; and Search & Research.