Ag-Related Links

• American Farm Bureau Voice of Agriculture; Facts from America's largest organization of farm & ranch families

• Texas Department of Agriculture

• USDA has a new website for producers: http://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov. It contains on-line services for Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Rural Development.

• A&M website provides software to analyze base/yield update. http://agecoext.tamu.edu/2002fb/ Click on the "Base and Yield Updating Software" link.

• Texas Water Development Board http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/

• Texas Animal Health Commission: www.tahc.state.tx.us

• Texas Beef Council Great beef recipes & other beef facts

• U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

• Texas Emu Association and the Texas Ostrich Association keep you updated on the latest news and events of these organizations.

• Texas Quarterhorse Association This organization has more than 2,400 members.

• Texas CattleWomen The mission of the Texas CattleWomen is to support and promote the beef industry.

• Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy (CIDRAP) Provides biosecurity information and is updated daily. Regularly report on biosecurity and agroterrorism.

• Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs, www.cnfa.com/volunt.htm

• Dairy Max Your quick connection to the rest of the dairy world.

• National Cattleman's Beef Association Information about America's beef industry.

• Cotton's Journey: The only educational site featuring cotton as a vehicle to teaching Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies. Resources, activities/lessons and products are meant to assist educators in giving their students the whole unit experience through an inquiry-based approach, while meeting many National Education Standards. Additional cotton information is provided to familiarize the teacher and students about the many benefits that the cotton industry provides to the communities that they live in.

• Texas Agricultural Statistics Service Texas Agriculture Facts & Figures

• National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA) A vast library of agiculture information

• Agrinet (Texas A&M University) A clearing house of agricultural information

• Thomas Legislative information from Congress

• State of Texas Texas Home Page

• Texas Cooperative Extension (formerly Texas Agricultural Extension Service)

• Texas Monthly's WWW Ranch Read the latest issues of Texas Monthly, plus learn fun facts about the Lone Star state

• Welcome to Weather Post The National Weather Service from the Washington Post

• Texas Legislature Online Everything you wanted to know about the Texas Legislature and more!

• Texas Register Read current and previous issues of the Texas Register

• Texas State Government Pathfinder Information about Texas state government

• Window on the State Government–Comptroller

• CNN/Time AllPolitics Daily political issue update from CNN

• USDA Home Page United States Department of Agriculture

• Farm Service Agency

• USDA Economics and Statistics System

• FFA Home Page National FFA Organization, Agricultural Education

• Project TEACH Agricultural literacy and nutrition education materials for teachers in grades kindergarten through third.