- Agricultural Marketing Service - Includes six commodity divisions - Cotton, Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable, Livestock and Seed, Poultry, and Tobacco. The divisions employ specialists who provide standardization, grading and market news services for those commodities.
www.ams.usda.gov
- Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Markets - Links to resources and information, an interactive map by states to find local markets, and a kids coloring book.
www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets
- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - The main in-house research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Research news, find-a-researcher, consumer and educational information on a wide range of topics in food, agriculture, pest management, and related areas.
www.ars.usda.gov
- Center for Nutrition Policy Promotion (CNPP) - The focal point within USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the American public.
www.usda.gov/cnpp
- Child Nutrition Program - Provides healthy, nutritious meals and snacks to the nations children through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, and the Special Milk Program.
www.fns.usda.gov/cnd
- Disaster Assistance - Links to the Food Stamp Program, keeping food safe, emergency help for farmers, and other emergency help and disaster assistance for citizens.
www.usda.gov/news/disaster
- Economic Research Service - Provides economic analysis on efficiency, efficacy, and equity issues relating to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development to improve public and private decisionmaking.
www.ers.usda.gov
- Farm Service Agency - Clearinghouse of information and services about farm programs for citizens and for FSA's current and potential business partners.
www.fsa.usda.gov/pas
- Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program - Research analyzes the benefits of improved diets and food choices and the outcomes of federal programs (food stamps, WIC, and child nutrition) on the nutrition and food security of Americans. Research opportunities.
www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/foodasst
- Food Distribution Programs - Strengthens the nutrition safety net through commodity distribution and other nutrition assistance to low-income families, emergency feeding programs, Indian Reservations, and the elderly.
www.fns.usda.gov/fdd
- Food Stamp Program - Provides benefits to low-income people that they can use to buy food to improve their diets.
www.fns.usda.gov/fsp
- Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services - Ensures access to nutritious, healthful diets for all Americans. Through food assistance and nutrition education for consumers, FNCS encourages consumers to make healthful food choices.
www.fns.usda.gov/fncs
- Global Issues - Biotechnology - Presents speeches, articles and links on biotechnology policy, regulations, and science. The page is maintained by the Office of International Information Programs.
usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/biotech
- Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration - Facilitates the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds, and related agricultural products, and promotes fair and competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of consumers and American agriculture.
www.usda.gov/gipsa
- National Agricultural Library - Part of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NAL is one of four U.S. National Libraries, and a major international source for agriculture and related information.
www.nalusda.gov
- National Finance Center - Designs, develops, implements, and operates cost effective financial, administrative, and management information systems and services supporting the missions of USDA and its customers.
www.nfc.usda.gov
- Office of Crisis Planning and Management (OCPM) - The USDA's focal point for coordinating emergency planning and response activities, and is the primary representative for anti-terrorism activities
www.usda.gov/da/ocpm
- Recall Information Center - Recalls are voluntary actions carried out by industry in cooperation with Federal and State agencies. Products are recalled when found to be contaminated, adulterated, or misbranded. Site lists active and archived cases from both Federal and state agencies.
www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/recalls/rec_intr.htm
- Risk Management Agency (RMA) - Links and information about the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) that helps farmers survive a major crop loss. The RMA also provides training to farmers to help them acquire the risk management skills.
www.act.fcic.usda.gov
- Rural Utilities Service - Carries on the tradition of helping rural utilities expand and keep their technology up to date, helping establish new and vital services such as distance learning and telemedicine.
www.usda.gov/rus
- U.S. Agriculture Statutes - Title 7 of the U.S. Code -- Agriculture
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7
- USDA Farm Service Agency - Site has information on and applications for FSA farm loan, conservation reserve, and commodity programs. Also news, a directory of state and county FSA offices, and statistics regarding agricultural commodities, prices, and production.
www.fsa.usda.gov
- Water Management Research Laboratory - Information on the laboratory, its staff and its research. Develops irrigation and drainage water management practices and methods that use water efficiently, improve agricultural productivity and sustainability, and reduce negative environmental impacts of irrigated agriculture in semi-arid and arid areas.
fresno.ars.usda.gov/wmrl
- Women, Infants and Children - Safeguards the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
www.fns.usda.gov/wic
- World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) - Reviews, and approves the Department's commodity and farm sector forecasts.
www.usda.gov/agency/oce/waob/waob.htm
- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Enhancing the quality of life for the American people by supporting production of agriculture.
www.usda.gov
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