Government Documents: Agriculture

The official website of the United States Department of Agriculture which provides resources and information for agricultural and rural development as well as related news.

The official website of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture provides access to resources for state agricultural development.

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Our job is finding solutions to agricultural problems that affect Americans every day from field to table.

Find and download agricultural statistics for every state and county in the United States.

The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the Census year.

The National Agricultural Library is one of four national libraries
of the United States and houses one of the world's largest collections
devoted to agriculture and its related sciences.

The ERS State Fact Sheets provide information on population, income, poverty, food security, education, employment, organic agriculture, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, top commodities, and agricultural exports. Links to available county-level data are included.

The Current Research Information System (CRIS) provides documentation and reporting for ongoing agricultural, food science, human nutrition, and forestry research, education and extension activities for the United States Department of Agriculture, with a focus on the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant programs. Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA research agencies, state agricultural experiment stations, land-grant universities, other cooperating state institutions, and participants in NIFA-administered grant programs, including Small Business Innovation Research, and Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The Planning, Accountability, & Reporting Staff office is responsible for maintaining CRIS.

We have a vision to provide economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world; and to preserve our Nation's natural resources through conservation, restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands.

A collection of eBooks published by federal agencies on the subject of agriculture.

Kentucky agriculture-related companies promote their businesses, products, and services in the KDA Agriculture Business Directory.

A link to applications for processing/handling industrial hemp, affiliates, laws and policies relating to hemp in the state of Kentucky, and educational resources.