The links listed below are to the websites of national regulatory and conservation agencies, agricultural trade associations, and environmental organizations.

Regulatory program information for agricultural operations, for example, can be accessed directly from EPA's Agricultural Home Page. The websites for divisions within the Department of Agriculture are also included. 

Commodity information and policy positions can be obtained from the national headquarters of numerous agricultural trade association websites listed below.

Links to the websites of national non-governmental environmental and conservation organizations can also be accessed.  
  

GOVERNMENT                                                      
                      
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/                                                                

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/

REGULATORY

US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

USEPA Agriculture Home Page
http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/index.htm

USEPA Animal Feeding Operations Information Center
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/afo/virtualcenter.cfm

USEPA Gulf of Mexico (Hypoxic Zone) Home Page
http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/index.html

USEPA Pesticides Home Page
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/        

CONSERVATION, RESOURCE AND REFERENCE                                       

Ag in the Classroom
http://www.agclassroom.org/

AgrowKnowledge
http://www.agrowknow.org/

Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems
http://ceris.purdue.edu/

eXtension
http://www.extension.org/

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
http://www.epa.gov/ocem/frrcc/index.html

National Agricultural Law Center
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/

National Agricultural Library   
http://www.nal.usda.gov/

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 
http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp

Soil and Water Conservation Society
http://www.swcs.org/index.cfm

USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=2&tax_level=1

USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

USDA Economic Research Service
http://www.ers.usda.gov/

USDA Census of Agriculture
http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/

USDA Conservation Security Program
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Programs/csp/

USDA Cooperative State Reseach, Education, and Extension Service
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/index.html

USDA Home Page  
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Farmland Trust
http://www.farmland.org/

American Rivers
http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer

Clean Air Watch
http://www.cleanairwatch.org/

Environmental Defense
http://www.edf.org/home.cfm

Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org/

National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/

National Council for Science and the Environment
http://ncseonline.org/

National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/

Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/

Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/


AGRICULTURAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

American Egg Board
http://www.aeb.org/

American Farm Bureau
http://www.fb.org/

American Meat Institute
http://www.meatami.com/

American Seed Trade Association
http://www.amseed.com/default.asp
                                                                                                
American Soybean Association
http://www.soygrowers.com/

Corn Refiners Association
http://www.corn.org/

Ethanol
http://www.drivingethanol.org/

National Biodiesel Board
http://www.biodiesel.org/

National Cattleman's Beef Association
http://www.beef.org/

National Institute for Animal Agriculture
http://www.animalagriculture.org/

National Pork Producers Council
http://www.nppc.org/

National Agricultural Aviation Association
http://www.agaviation.org/

National Association of Wheat Growers
http://www.wheatworld.org/

National Corn Growers Association
http://www.ncga.com/

National Cotton Council of America
http://www.cotton.org/

National Fisheries Institute
http://www.aboutseafood.com/

National Grain and Feed Association
http://www.ngfa.org/default.asp

Organic Trade Association
http://www.howtogoorganic.com/index.php

The Pig SIte
http://www.thepigsite.com/

The Poultry Site
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/

United Fresh Produce Association
http://www.unitedfresh.org/

U.S. Poultry and Egg Association
http://www.poultryegg.org/

U.S. Rice Producers Association
http://www.usriceproducers.com/default.asp


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