Agricultural Information
***Changes in South Dakota's Farms***
1. Federal Information
Department of Agriculture (USDA):
This resource provides agency descriptions, funding
opportunities, minority
info, and a searchable database of agriculture
contacts.
USDA-Educational Resource Page:
This links to the US Department of Agriculture's various
services, including
Food and Nutrition, Forest, and Natural Resources
Conservation.
USDA
ESS Research:
United State Department of Agriculture's Economics and
Statistics
System offers a report and
dataset search and includes related links.
This site promotes rural area
economic development and features programs
like housing and community facility, utility, and business
and cooperative.
2. South Dakota Department of Agriculture
Current policies, issues, programs, and topics are
discussed as well as the
current regulations on agricultural practices.
3. The
South Dakota State University Agricultural Experiment
Station
Research programs are conducted to enhance the
quality of life in South Dakota through the beneficial use and development of
human, economic, and natural
resources. The Experiment Station's programs benefit
South Dakotans across the state
through scientific research that is tailored to the
their needs.
4. The
South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension
Service
The Cooperative Extension
serves the people of South Dakota through an
educational process that helps them improve their lives by
applying
unbiased, scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs.
Extension educators in every South Dakota county are a local
source for
unbiased, research-based knowledge. The educational
information,
programs, and services respond to grassroot needs and are
made possible by
the continuing partnership of
county, state, and federal governments.