Ag & Natural Resources

Agricultural Websites & Resources

Rural Tax Education - http://ruraltax.org/
Doane's Crop Decisions - http://www.agprofessional.com/weather.php
Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy - http://www.agpolicy.ky.gov/
Chemical Labels - http://www.cdms.net/pfa/LUpdateMsg.asp
Kentucky Office of GIS - http://www.gis.ky.gov/
University of Kentucky - http://www.ca.uky.edu
NRCS - http://www.soils.usda.gov/
Farm Service Agency (FSA) - www.fsa.usda.gov
USDA - www.usda.gov
GardenData - http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/gardendata/
MarketMaker - http://ky.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/
Kentucky Proud - http://www.kyagr.com/kyproud/index.htm
Kentucky Department of Agriculture - http://www.kyagr.com/
Kentucky Agricultural Statistics - http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kentucky/index.asp
Wildlife Resources - http://www.enature.com/home/
Kentucky Pest News Alert - http://www.uky.edu/Ag/kpn/kpnhome.htm
U.S. Agricultural Agencies - http://www.ca.uky.edu/AIC/Ag_Agencies.htm
Wildlife Food Plots - https://utextension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/PB1769.pdf
Clay Hill Forest Weather Station - http://clayhillforest.org/weather/weather.htm
 ForFarmers - http://www.forfarmers.com (ForFarmers.com is a marketplace for buying and selling new and used farm machinery, equipment, seeds, crops, livestock and a wide range of services including job opportunities.)

Useful Livestock Websites:

Chicago Mercantile Exchange - www.cme.com (Cattle futures prices. Click on “View all Delayed Quotes”, then “CME Commodities”, then “pit traded” for feeder cattle or live cattle futures or options)

Chicago Board of Trade - www.cbot.com (Grain futures prices. Click on “Corn” or “Wheat” or whatever you are interested in.)

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Livestock & Grain Market News - http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsmnpubs - livestock prices. Click on “Reports by Commodity”, then click on “Livestock”. All markets in the US are reported here.

Kentucky Livestock and Grain Market Report - www.kyagr.com (from this page, select “Livestock, Poultry, and Forage” from the drop down menu. Then click on Livestock and Grain Market Report. KY prices for cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, dairy, grains, and feedstuffs.)

USDA Livestock Reports - http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewTaxonomy.do?taxonomyID=29
(Numerous livestock reports including “Cattle on Feed”, “Cattle”, and “Livestock Slaughter”. Click on the one you want to look at.)

ERS Outlook Publications - http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/outlook
(Click on “Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry”, then click on the report you want to look at. These come out once per month and are excellent outlook publications.)