Agriculture

As a collaborative organization, the Center of Excellence functions as a clearinghouse for information related to agriculture and agriculture services in Lancaster and around the nation and the world.

New

• New blog from Sarah Dinh, Dairy and Environmental Educator. "It will have shorter versions of my monthly column among other things from the nutrient management program team (Manure Du Jour Webinar summaries and Feed Management Planner Newsletter)".
• Growing Traditions of the Lancaster-York Heritage Region: Experience America's Bounty Along Dutch Country Roads. A guide to museums, wineries, community-supported agriculture, farm stay lodging, historic mills, and markets.
• PA Farm News is an independent daily news source serving the agriculture interests of Pennsylvania. Click here for information about their PA Farm News Business Directory and here for their 2009 PA Farm Show publication.

Ag Sectors

Dairy

• Dairy(Penn State Cooperative Extension)
• National Holstein Association
• National Jersey Association
• National Milk Producer's Federation

Poultry

• Poultry(Penn State Cooperative Extension)
• National Turkey Federation

Swine

Field Crops

Soil Management

Horticulture

• Downy Mildew is a Fungal Beast; basics of spotting and treating from the University of California

Eat Local Food

• Lancaster County Farmers Markets
• Growing Traditions Discovery Guide: Lancaster York Heritage Region
• Buy Fresh Buy Local
• Local Harvest
• Lancaster County Green Farmers
• Guide to Lancaster Foodways
• PA Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau

Other

• 4-H Animal Science and Youth Development
• Ag-Stats.com
• AgMap
• Ag Entrepreneurship Blog at PSU
• Ag Marketing Resource Center
• AgNIC - Agricultural Network Information Center
• AgriBiz
• AgriClick
• AgriMarketing.com
• AgWeb
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• Best Food Nation
• Blue Ribbon Commission for Agriculture
• Center For Rural Pennsylvania
• County of Lancaster Agricultural Preserve Board
• Doane Agricultural Services
• Economic Development Company of Lancaster County
• Farm Progress
• Farm Service Agency
• Lancaster Buy Fresh, Buy Local
• Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Lancaster County Conservation District
• Lancaster County Planning Commission
• Lancaster Farming Online
• Lancaster Farmland Trust
• National Agrimarketing Association
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• National FFA Organization
• National Grange
• Next Generation Farmer Loan Program
• PA Agricultural Ombudsman Program
• PA Agricultural Safety and Health Program
• PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture
• PA Certified Organic
• PA Dairy Stakeholders
• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
• Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
• Pennsylvania Farm News
• Pennsylvania Farm Service Agency
• PA Holstein Association
• Pennsylvania State Grange
• PA Young Farmers
• Penn State Cooperative Extension (Lancaster PA Campus)
• Penn State College of Agricultural Science
• Penn State College of Agricultural Science - Links Resources
• Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences - Partners in Progress
• PennAg Industries Association
• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
• Penn State Department of Dairy & Animal Science
• Poultry Extension Resource Site
• Resources for Small Food Processors and Potential Entrepreneurs
• The New Farm
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• USDA's 2000 Fact Book of Agriculture
• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
• US National Agricultural Library

Business Articles

• Turning Kitchens Into Laboratories to Find Treats for the Allergy-Prone (NY Times Website article)