Agriculture & Horticulture

For library resources see Agriculture
See also State Cooperative Extension Services for extensive agricultural information online, and Farmers' Markets.

Pittsburgh Region

• Allegheny County Cooperative Extension Service
  http://allegheny.extension.psu.edu/
  Penn State Cooperative Extension of Allegheny County disseminates research based information to individuals, families, and communities through high quality, nonformal educational Programs funded with 80% state & federal funds, 12% grants, 8% county funds.

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Pennsylvania

Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Pennsylvania.

• AgMap
  http://agmap.psu.edu/
  Pennsylvania's Online Agricultural Directory
  AgMap serves as an online directory for Pennsylvania's agricultural industry, listing businesses offering locally-grown produce, equipment and parts, or serving the ag community. As of April 20, 2006, the database listed over 2,280 such businesses in Pennsylvania. AgMap is funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State University to promote agriculture in Pennsylvania.

• Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
  includes departments of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Dairy & Animal Science, Horticulture, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Agricultural & Extension Education, Food Science, Poultry Science, Agronomy, Forest Resources, Veterinary Science
  • Publications
  • Agricultural Information Services
  • Sustaining Pennsylvania Agriculture

• PennAg Industries Association
  http://www.pennag.com/
  An advocacy group for Pennsylvania Agribusiness.

• Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
  http://www.pasafarming.org/
  a non-profit member based organization actively promoting sustainable agriculture in Pennsylvania and the northeast.

• Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/
  information about state forests, common trees

• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
  http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/
  Information for the Pennsylvania farmer, including publications.

• Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
  http://www.pfb.com/
  PFB is a professional organization of farmers and professionals depending on agriculture. It consists of 54 County Farm Bureaus, covering 61 counties in Pennsylvania. It is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation's largest general farm organization with more than 4.5 million members.

• Pennsylvania FFA
  http://www.paffa.state.pa.us/
  The Pennsylvania FFA Association makes a positive difference in the lives of nearly 8,000 students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. FFA was originally Future Farmers of America.

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Nearby States

• Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
  http://www.ofbf.org/
  With over 200,000 members, the Ohio Farm Bureau is Ohio's largest general farm organization. The Ohio Farm Bureau is a federation of 87 county Farm Bureaus representing all 88 counties.

• West Virginia Farm Bureau
  The West Virginia Farm Bureau is comprised of 46 county Farm Bureaus.

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United States

• AgWeb.com
  http://www.agweb.com/
  Agricultural news site

• American Farm Bureau
  http://www.fb.org/
  The largest association of American farmers (5 million families) organized into 2,800-plus county Farm Bureaus that are then organized into state Farm Bureaus.

• Farms.com
  http://www.farms.com/
  Includes news and resources for farmers.

• Future Farmers of America (FFA)
  http://www.ffa.org/
  A high school organization for students interested in farming, the FFA includes 457,278 members in 7,312 chapters across the U.S., in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

• National Agricultural Library
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/
  The National Agricultural Library (NAL), part of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is one of four National Libraries in the United States. NAL is a major international source for agriculture and related information. This Web site provides access to NAL's many resources and a gateway to its associated institutions.

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  http://www.usda.gov/
  Includes links to all of its programs, including the National Agricultural Statistics Service where you can find statistical information about American agriculture.
  • Economic Research Service Agricultural Outlook
    Recent releases, special reports, links to the latest data, calendar of releases, and a brief overview of the outlook for U.S. agriculture.

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International

• Global Crop Diversity Trust
  http://www.croptrust.org/
  Globalization and large scale commercial farming have tended to homogenize crops. This organization's goal is to preserve crop diversity and protect the world's food supply. Includes the publication "Safeguarding the Future of US Agriculture: the need to conserve threatened collections of crop diversity worldwide."