Links

• Agribusiness
• Farm Management Links
• Crop Marketing
• Crop Insurance & Risk
• Human Resources
• Livestock
• Policy
• Ag Weather

Agribusiness

K-State Links

• Arthur Capper Cooperative Center

USDA Cooperative Information

• The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• USDA Rural Business - Cooperative Service
• USDA/ERS Amber Waves

Other Cooperative Centers

• Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives at North Dakota State University
• University College Cork Center for Co-operative Studies (Ireland)
• University of California Center for Cooperatives
• University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC)
• Centre for the Study of Cooperatives University of Saskatchewan

Cooperative Committees, Associations or Foundations

• National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
• National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives
• National Cooperative Business Association
• Plunkett Foundation
• International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
• Cooperative Communicators Association
• Kansas Cooperative Council

Kansas Business Links

• Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
• Kansas Rural Development - USDA
• Kansas Small Business Development Center

Business Education

• Harvard Business School - Working Knowledge
• U.S. Small Business Association (SBA)

Renewable Energy

• Renewable Fuels Association
• National Biodiesel Board
• US DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratory Transportation Technology R&D Center
• Argonne National Laboratory Energy Systems Division
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Transportation Analysis

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Farm Management Links

K-State Links

• Kansas Farm Management Association
• K-State Research and Extension
• K-MAR-105 Association

USDA Links

• USDA
• Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
• Economic Research Service (ERS)
• USDA ERS ARMS Farm Financial and Crop Production Practices Database
• Farm Bill Implementation Website
• Farm Service Agency (FSA)
• Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service (KASS)
• National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Risk Management Agency (RMA)
• World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)

Other Farm Management Programs

• Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota
• Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association
• Iowa Farm Business Association
• National Association of Farm Business Analysis Specialists (NAFBAS)

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Crop Marketing

• USDA Grain Transportation Report: A weekly publication with grain transportation indicators, and specifics on rail and ocean transport, as well as grain exports. Very useful in evaluating grain basis.
• Turtle Trader: A commercial site offering free daily corn and soybean futures prices in ASCII/text format. Click here for help with these files.
• Montana Market Manager

Corn Supply and Demand Links

• USDA Feed Outlook Report: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a short report on Feed Outlook (7-9 pages). These reports are issued about six times a year.
• USDA Annual Feed Yearbook: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a large Annual Feed Yearbook (many tables available only in spreadsheet format). This yearbook is issued around April.
• USDA U.S. and World Feed Grain Supply-Demand Projection: The USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WOAB) releases revised USDA U.S. and World Feed Grain Supply: Demand Projections on a monthly basis.

Soybean Supply and Demand Links

• USDA Oil Crops Outlook Report: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a short report on Oil Crops Outlook (7-9 pages). These reports are issued about six times a year.
• USDA Oil Crops Yearbook: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a large annual Oil Crops Yearbook (many tables available only in spreadsheet format). This yearbook is issued around October.
• USDA U.S. and World Soybean Supply-Demand Projection: The USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) releases revised U.S. and World Soybean Supply: Demand Projections on a monthly basis (usually around the 9th-12th of each month).

• USDA Wheat Outlook Report: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a short report on Wheat Outlook (7-9 pages). These reports are issued about six times a year.
• USDA Wheat Yearbook: The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes a large annual Wheat Yearbook (many tables available only in spreadsheet format). This yearbook is issued around October.
• USDA U.S. and World Wheat Supply-Demand Projection: The USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) releases revised U.S. and World Wheat Supply: Demand Projections on a monthly basis (usually around the 9th-12th of each month).

Weather Links

• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin: The complete Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin is released each Wednesday by 4:00 p.m. (next business day if holiday). The Bulletin includes the National Summary, State Stories, current data for weather, temperature and precipitation and international agricultural weather. The full report is jointly published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the World Agricultural Outlook Board.

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Crop Insurance & Risk

Risk Management Links

• Successful Farming on Line
• USDA Risk Management Agency
• Farm.Doc: University of Illinois
• National Ag Risk Education Library

Insurance Services

• American Farm Bureau Insurance Services, Inc.
• Rain and Hail Insurance Service, Inc.
• Rural Community Insurance Services
• Great American Insurance Group

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Human Resources

Labor

• Agricultural and Personnel Management Program: University of California
• Pro Dairy Program: Cornell University
• Dairy Alliance: Penn State University

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Livestock

• North American Institute for Beef Economic Research (NAIBER)
• BeefBasis.com Feeder Cattle Basis Forecasting Tool

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Policy

• USDA Homepage
• USDA Farm Bill Website
• Farm Foundation: Review Foundation reports and news, as well as conference proceedings.
• Choices - Policy Newsletter of the AAEA (www.choicesmagazine.org)

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Ag Weather

• K-State Mesonet Weather Library
• National Drought Mitigation Center: University of Nebraska
• National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center: Links to U.S. Drought Assessment and Monitoring sites
• USDA Drought and Weather Site: Operated by USDA.

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