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Reference Desk


Agricultural and General Law Resources


Bibliographies
Quarterly Updated Agricultural Law Bibliography (Kershen, University of Oklahoma College of Law)
Selected Agricultural Law Bibliography 1985-2003 (Kelley, National AgLaw Center)


Glossaries
Agricultural Production, Programs, and Policy (Culver, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture)
Farm and Commodity Policy: Glossary (Economic Research Service - ERS)
Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (Womach, CRS)


Journals
Journal of Food Law and Policy (University of Arkansas School of Law)
Drake Journal of Agricultural Law
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law
San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review


Newsletters
The Agricultural Law Brief (Penn State/Dickinson AgLaw Resource & Reference Center)
NASDA News (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture)
Agricultural Management Committee Newsletter (American Bar Association)
FarmPolicy.com: A Summary of Farm Policy News
Penton Media (a series of free agricultural newsletters)


Associations and Practice Groups
French Association of Agricultural Law - Association Française de Droit Rural
German Association for Agricultural Law - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Agrarrecht (DGAR)
Norwegian Association for Agricultural Law - Norsk Forening For Landbruksrett
Agricultural Law Association (UK)
American Agricultural Law Association
American Bar Association
        Agricultural and Agri-Business Financing Subcommittee, Business Law Section
        Committee on Agricultural Management, Environment, Energy, and Resources Section
        Agricultural Law Committee, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section
        Agriculture and Food Committee, Section of Antitrust Law
        Business Cooperatives and Agriculture Committee, Section of Taxation
Farmers Legal Action Group
Lex Mundi, Agribusiness Practice Group
European Council for Rural Law
European Food Law Association


Education
University of Arkansas Graduate Program in Agricultural and Food Law
Drake Law School Agricultural Law Center
Penn State Dickinson Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center
University of Florida Agricultural Law Center
Colorado Law Natural Resources Law Center
Ohio State University Agricultural and Resource Law Program
Missouri Agricultural Law Center (MALC)
Institute of Agricultural Law - Institut für Landwirtschaftsrecht
(University of Göttingen)
Istituto di Diritto Agrario Internazionale e Comparato - Institute of Agricultural Law,
International and Comparative
(IDAIC)


Research Guides and Links
Google Scholar Case Search
AgLaw Subject Research Guide (Wheat Law Library, U. KS)
Agricultural Law (Cornell)
Free Full-Text State Statutes and Legislation



General Agricultural Resources

Libraries and Information Resources
eXtension (USDA)
National Agricultural Library
Agricultural Network Information Center (AgNIC)
Economic Research Service (ERS)
U.S. Agricultural Information Network
Virtual Library (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Agriculture
Web-Agri
Current Research Information System (USDA - NIFA)


Federal Agencies
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Environmental Protection Agency--Agriculture
        Agriculture Center


News
AgriNews Online
USDA Newsroom
Feedstuffs
Agriculture News Online
Yahoo Farming and Agriculture News


Publications
CHOICES (American Agricultural Economics Association)
Amber Waves (ERS)
Agricultural Outlook (ERS)
Illinois Rural Policy Digest (Farmdoc)
USDA Publications Page
AgEcon Search (U. of MN)
Historical Literature of Agriculture (Cornell U.)
National Academy Press Online Books


Statistics
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ERS)
Internet Agricultural Statistics Resources (U. WI)


Congressional Resources

United States Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Members
Committee Reports, 1995-present


United States House of Representatives
Committee on Agriculture
Members
Committee Reports, 1995-present


Agriculture Appropriations
Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Status of FY1998-FY2012 Appropriations Bills
Appropriations Legislation FY1998-FY2004


Legislation
Agriculture and Food Legislation Introduced in 112th Congress (2011-2012) (Thomas)
Legislation (U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry)
Legislation (U.S. House Committee on Agriculture)
Federal Agricultural Legislation: A Guide to Finding Bills and Laws on the Internet
(Kelley, National AgLaw Center)


Congressional Record
112th Congress, 1st Session 2011
111th Congress, 2nd Session 2010
111th Congress, 1st Session 2009
110th Congress, 2nd Session 2008
110th Congress, 1st Session 2007
109th Congress, 2nd Session 2006
109th Congress, 1st Session 2005
108th Congress, 2nd Session 2004
108th Congress, 1st Session 2003
107th Congress, 2nd Session 2002
107th Congress, 1st Session 2001
106th Congress, 2nd Session 2000
106th Congress, 1st Session 1999


Other Congressional Resources
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (National AgLaw Center)
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (NCSE)
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports on Agriculture and Food
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Reports
Federal Legislative History: A Guide to Resources (Kelley, National AgLaw Center)
Government Printing Office







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