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The following resources are listed to provide quick access to recommended content in the agriculture & business fields. If you find broken links, please contact the library and let them know. This is not an exhaustive list, but a quick list to help provide guidance when doing research in the agribusiness discipline.
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💻 Agriculture, Environment & Food Studies
Recommended Databases
"With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields, this collection provides a comprehensive view of a growing body of knowledge. Researchers will have access to current and authoritative periodical content that spans the industry—from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture. With strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 600 journal titles is focused on agriculture-related fields. In addition, more than 30 Delmar titles provide in-depth coverage on a variety of agriculture-related topics" (Gale 2017).
💻 Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
"Includes more than 1,100 active full-text journals and magazines, 660 active full-text peer-reviewed journals, nearly 300 active full-text peer-reviewed journals with no embargo, and more than 550 active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus. Included subjects are: accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management, management information systems, and operations management" (EBSCO 2019). Includes Regional Business News, video content from the Associated Press, and MarketLine Company Profiles.
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💻 Environmental Studies & Policy (Gale OneFile)
“Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests” (Gale 2023).
💻 Gale Business: Insights (Gale)
"Explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more. Explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more. Browse subjects to access the most relevant articles and publications for your research topic. Explore over 1,057 industries with industry reports, competitive landscapes, Plunkett Reports, case studies and more. Explore countries and territories by their top industries and the companies based there, along with relevant articles like news, magazine articles, and more” (Gale 2023).
💻 Gardening & Horticulture (Gale OneFile)
"Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture serves horticultural enthusiasts of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles from Delmar, including Handbook of Flowers; Foliage and Creative Design; Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects; and more. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience" (Gale 2019).
💻 Nature
"Nature Research is here to serve the research community by publishing its most significant discoveries—findings that advance knowledge and address some of the greatest challenges that we face as a society today. Our journals publish not only primary research but also reviews, critical comment, news and analysis" (Nature 2019).
"Science has been at the center of important scientific discovery since its founding in 1880—with seed money from Thomas Edison. Today, Science continues to publish the very best in research across the sciences, with articles that consistently rank among the most cited in the world" (AAAS 2018).
💻 Statista
"Statista.com is one of the first statistical portals in the world to integrate data on over 80.000 topics from over 22,500 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets" (Statista.com).
Wiley Online Library provides full text access to all of Wiley's 1600+ journals going as far back as 1997, and includes access to architecture, art, business, economics, finance, accounting, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, humanities, law, life sciences, medicine, nursing, physical sciences, psychology and social sciences.
The following resources have been identified as being related to this topic and generally acceptable for academic use.
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Agriculture Statistics & Data
The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures.
🌐 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
🌐 National Agricultural Library
The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is one of five national libraries of the United States. It houses one of the world's largest collections devoted to agriculture and its related sciences.
🌐 USDA Economic Research Service
The mission of USDA's Economic Research Service is to anticipate trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America and to conduct high-quality, objective economic research to inform and enhance public and private decision making.
🌐 USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.
Directories of Agriculture Businesses
🌐 AgMap
AgMap is a online searchable directory of America's agricultural businesses, which includes producers, processors, and service providers. AgMap contains listings of not only traditional agricultural businesses, but also the businesses in forestry, turf grass, landscaping, nursery, and much more .... Over 3,930 businesses have listed on AgMap.
Agriculture Commodities
🌐 Agriculture Futures from Farms.com
Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services for the global agriculture and food industries. Farms.com can be accessed through our internationally recognized agriculture information portal, which has business services and resources for more than 25,000 agribusiness professionals and livestock and crop producers who use it each day.
As the nation’s recognized leader in agriculture content, data and business insights, we serve every key audience in agriculture, including crop farmers, livestock producers, the produce supply chain and ag retailers.
🌐 Agricultural Futures & Options (CME Group)
Hedge your price risk in the expanding global Agricultural marketplace with benchmark products – Wheat, Corn and Soybean futures and options. Find new opportunities to execute event-driven trades with precision using liquid, actively-traded Agricultural contracts.
🌐 Agricultural Futures from ICE
We connect data, technology and expertise to drive how we approach the internal management of sustainability initiatives and the related opportunities to connect our clients to a more sustainable future through our data and risk management tools.
🌐 USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
For 100 years, AMS has provided free, unbiased price and sales information to assist in the marketing and distribution of farm commodities. Each year, Market News issues thousands of reports, providing the industry with key wholesale, retail and shipping data. The reports give farmers, producers and other agricultural businesses the information they need to evaluate market conditions, identify trends, make purchasing decisions, monitor price patterns, evaluate transportation equipment needs and accurately assess movement.
🌐 USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) links U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security.
Industry Codes
🌐 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
🌐 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Search
This page allows the user to search the 1987 version SIC manual by keyword, to access descriptive information for a specified 2,3,4-digit SIC, and to examine the manual structure.
Company & Industry Databases
AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural and applied economics including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food security and supply, energy and natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, international trade, and economic development. Content includes conference presentations, working papers, journal articles, government documents, and theses and dissertations.
🌐 Data.gov
Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
🌐 EDGAR from US Securities and Exchange Commission
All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free. Here you'll find links to a complete list of filings available through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database.
GlobalSpec is the world's largest online destination for engineers, delivering the single source for critical engineering content, information, insight, tools and community for engineers and technical professionals across multiple industries and disciplines.
Created by Industrial Quick Search (IQS®), IQS Directory is a comprehensive listing of manufacturers and suppliers serving major segments of the OEM industrial manufacturing marketplace across the United States and Canada. IQS Directory is supplemented by 208 vertical industry microsites that provide further target keyword rankings on the search engines. Industrial engineers and buyers rely on IQS to specify products within a series of categories and buy products directly from manufacturers.
For over 125+ years, Thomas has served as North America’s number one industrial sourcing platform and marketing powerhouse. We serve professionals on both sides of the industrial buying process to create solutions that inform, support, and empower industry
Agribusiness Organizations
🌐 Agribusiness Association of Iowa
AAI’s membership consists of over 1,100 business locations across the state that supply feed, seed, crop protection chemicals, grain, fertilizer, equipment and additional products and services that benefit agriculture, as a whole. Along with the Agribusiness Association of Iowa Foundation, AAI provides specific services and educational opportunities to our members as well as eight statewide business associations related to Iowa Agriculture.
🌐 International Food and Agribusiness Management Association
IFAMA is an international management organization that brings together current and future business, academic, and government leaders along with other industry stakeholders to improve the strategic focus, transparency, sustainability, and responsiveness of the global food and agribusiness system.
🌐 Livestock Marketing Association
LMA provides its members with legal assistance, public policy representation, industry information, credit reporting, business services and an array of insurance products, and hosts the annual World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, the largest, most respected and widely recognized international livestock auctioneering contest.
🌐 National Grain and Feed Association
The National Grain and Feed Association, founded in 1896, is a broad-based, non-profit trade association that represents and provides services for grain, feed and related commercial businesses. Its activities focus on enhancing the growth and economic performance of U.S. agriculture.
🌐 North American Meat Institute
The Meat Institute supports the businesses processing meat and poultry, and their supplier partners, that sustainably nourish families around the world. It is the largest trade association representing processors of beef, pork, lamb, veal and poultry.
The U.S. Grains Council develops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products including distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and ethanol. With full-time presence in 28 locations, the Council operates programs in more than 50 countries and the European Union. The Council believes exports are vital to global economic development and to U.S. agriculture’s profitability.