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National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)—Agricultural
statistics.
USDA/NASS conducts the Farm
and Ranch Irrigation Survey, a primary source of irrigation
and water management information.
USDA's Agricultural Research
Service—Programs related to soil, water, and the environment.
Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Program—Program contacts, publications, funded projects, and
funding opportunities.
National Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS)—Information on soil management and animal feeding
operations.
NRCS Conservation
Programs—Information on USDA conservation programs.
NRCS Irrigation—Maintains
an irrigation website with technical water management information
and links to irrigation-based search engines and many other websites
of irrigation interest.
Farm Service
Agency—Information on CRP and related programs.
Agricultural Marketing Service,
National Organic Program—National standards that govern the
marketing of organically produced agricultural products.
USDA Global
Change Program Office—USDA-wide coordinator of agriculture,
rural, and forestry-related global change program and policy issues.
U.S. Global Change
Research Program—Provides the foundation for improving
predictions of seasonal-to-interannual climate fluctuations
and long-term climate change.
The United States Agency for
International Development (USAID)—Provides economic development
and humanitarian assistance to advance U.S. economic and political
interests overseas.
The Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO)—Mandated to raise levels of nutrition
and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and
to better the condition of rural populations.
Federal
Reserve Bank—Surveys of agricultural land
values.
Environmental Protection
Agency—Information on pesticides.
EPA's Office of Water Programs—Water
topics from drinking water to wetlands.
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