Research Links

Frequently used research links

There are many great sources of farming information scattered around the world. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather a sampling of some of the more useful sites.

USDA Sites
USDA Home Page - http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

Mann Library (USDA reports collection) - http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/usda.html
    World Outlook Board Reports - http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/waob.html
    Economic Research Service Reports - http://albert.mannlib.cornell.edu:8080/USDAreports/ess_ers.jsp
    National Agricultural Statistics Service Reports - http://albert.mannlib.cornell.edu:8080/USDAreports/ess_nass.jsp
    Agricultural Marketing Service Reports - http://usda-reports.mannlib.cornell.edu:8080/USDAreports/index.jsp

Economic Research Service - http://www.ers.usda.gov/
    Publications - http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/
    Briefing Rooms - http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/
    Data Sets - http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/
    Subject Area Specialists - http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Specialists/

National Agricultural Statistics Service - http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp
    Databases - http://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_and_Statistics/index.asp
    Census of Agriculture - http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/index.asp

Foreign Agricultural Service - http://ffas.usda.gov/
    Attache Reports - http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/attacherep/default.asp
    PS&D Database - http://www.fas.usda.gov/psd/
    U.S. Agricultural Exports Database - http://ffas.usda.gov/ustrade/
    Production, Market and Trade Reports - http://ffas.usda.gov/currwmt.asp
    U.S. Export Sales Reports - http://ffas.usda.gov/export-sales/esrd1.asp
    Commodity and Product Reports - http://ffas.usda.gov/commodities.asp
    Market Access Database - http://www.amad.org/pages/0,2987,en_35049325_35049378_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
    EU Attache Office - http://useu.usmission.gov/agri/usda.html
    Subject Area Specialist Database - http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/fassubj/fassubj_frm.asp

Agricultural Marketing Service - http://www.ams.usda.gov/
    Livestock and Grains Market News - http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsmnpubs/
    Poultry Market News - http://www.ams.usda.gov/poultry/
    Dairy Market News - http://www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/
    Fruits and Vegetables Market News - http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/
    Transportation and Marketing - http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/

FOA Sites
FAO Home Page - http://www.fao.org/
    FAO Databases - http://faostat.fao.org/
     Agriculture Databases - http://faostat.fao.org/faostat/collections?version=ext&hasbulk=0&subset=agriculture
      Nutrition Databases - http://faostat.fao.org/faostat/collections?version=ext&hasbulk=0&subset=nutrition
       Fisheries Databases - http://faostat.fao.org/faostat/collections?version=ext&hasbulk=0&subset=fisheries
    Food Outlook Reports - http://www.fao.org/giews/english/fo/index.htm
    Meat Outlook Reports - http://www.fao.org/es/ESC/en/20953/21014/index.html
    Global Census of Agriculture - http://www.fao.org/es/ess/census/default.asp
    Miscellaneous Agricultural Statistics - http://www.fao.org/es/ess/os/default.asp
    Global Agricultural Trade Flows Mapping System (WATF) - http://www.fao.org/es/ess/watf.asp
    Publications - http://www.fao.org/es/ess/menu2.asp

National Statistics Sites
Agriculture Canada - http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml
    Markets and Trade - http://www.agr.gc.ca/mar_e.phtml
    Livestock and Meat Data - http://www.agr.gc.ca/redmeat/main.htm
    Poultry Data - http://www.agr.gc.ca/poultry/index_e.htm
    Grains Analysis and Outlook - http://www.agr.gc.ca/mad-dam/index_e.php?page=intro

UK DEFRA - http://www.defra.gov.uk/
    Statistical Reports - http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/auk/default.asp
    Annual Survey Database - http://www.defra.gov.uk/esg/work_htm/publications/cs/farmstats_web/datamap_links/search_menu.htm
    National Statistics Home Page - http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/natstat.asp

EU Agriculture Home Page - http://europa.eu/pol/agr/index_en.htm

Other Useful Research Sites
U.N. Population Information Network - http://www.un.org/popin/
World Bank Development Indicators Database (Subscription) - http://publications.worldbank.org/WDI/
International Food Policy Research Institute - http://www.ifpri.org/
U.S. Meat Export Federation Library - http://www.usmef.org/TradeLibrary/
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center - http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/commodity/
Hoovers Company Database (Free Site)- http://www.hoovers.com/free/
Wall Street Journal Market Data Center (Subscription) - http://online.wsj.com/page/mdc/2_0515-mdc_index-1.html?mod=2_0515
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