Government Information - Selected Resources by Subject

USDA NAL’s main search tool. It provides access to more than 8 million records covering all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines from the Catalog and Articles database (AGRICOLA), PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections.

Economic information and research, organized by topic. Includes (USDA) state fact sheets, food price outlook, meat price spreads, etc.

Research agency of the USDA. Great for exploring current research topics in agriculture and food systems.

Provides price and production data from the U.S. Census of Agriculture and annual U.S. producer surveys through their Quick Stats portal. Publishes a variety of reports related to U.S. agriculture.

Complete volumes in PDF format back to 1840

Information on legislation, committee activities, and more

research-based resources for nontraditional food-production and crop-management practices to promote sustainability and economic viability.

Provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information, and automated tools.