Animals and Livestock
Dairy Cattle and Milk
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Marketing, Business and Risk Management [1]: Articles about sustainable dairy/livestock production.
- Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development [2]: Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, this site provides publications (many full-text) about nutrition/feeding, lactation/milk quality, reproduction, heifers/calf care, farm management, environment, and dairy worker training.
- Center for Dairy Profitability [3]: From the University of Wisconsin, contains information on business management, human resource management, production systems and finance and marketing systems that enhance profitability.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications on Dairy [4]: Full-text publications on a variety of dairy subjects.
- Plants Poisonous to Livestock [5]: From the Cornell University Department of Animal Science, contains a searchable database of plants and includes photos of plants and affected animals.
Goats, Sheep, and Swine
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Hogs, Sheep and Goats [6]: Full-text publications covering sustainable production of hogs, sheep and goats.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications on Sheep, Goats and Swine [7]
- Profitable Pork: Alternative Strategies for Pork Producers [8]: From SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Education and Research), this publication includes information on netting greater profits to raising better-tasting pork in alternative hog systems.
Poultry and Eggs
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Poultry [9]: Contains articles on sustainable poultry production.
- Diseases and Pests of Poultry [10]: From Mississippi State University Extension Service, provides links to articles about poultry disease diagnosis, disease identification and treatments for parasites.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications on Poultry [11]: Full-text publications on poultry production.
- Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture [9]: From SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) a full-text guide to raising chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures.
Business and Marketing
- Agricultural Marketing Resource Center [12]: From USDA Rural Development and Iowa State University, an electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture. Provides information on commodities and products, market and industry trends, and business creation and operation.
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Marketing, Business and Risk Management [13]: Resources include publications about organic marketing and labeling, direct marketing options, value-added and processing, business planning and management, funding, risk management, cooperatives and other marketing topics.
- Cornell University Small Farms Program Resources on Business Management [14]: Provides links to websites and full-text publications on topics including business management tools, community relations, creating a business plan, farm transitions, farmland protection, financing your farm business, managing labor, risk management, taxes, etc.
- Cornell University Small Farms Program Resources on Marketing [15]: Provides links to websites and full-text articles on topics ranging from agritourism to value-added marketing and processing.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications on Farm Management [16]: Includes publications on agribusiness, dairy management, accounting, etc
- Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education Economics and Marketing [17]: Links to several full-text handbooks for farmers and ranchers.
General Resources
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service [18]: This site contains many online publications covering various topics related to organic and sustainable agriculture.
- Cornell University Small Farms [19]: Provides general information for small farms and contains many helpful websites and full-text references in its resources section.
- National Agricultural Library [20]: Excellent gateway site from the United States Department of Agriculture to websites and publications on a variety of agricultural topics.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications [21]: Publications from Penn State on agricultural topics ranging from manuals to factsheets, most are available for free online.
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) [22]: SARE has many publications available online in PDF format.
- Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening [23]: A publication from the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, it covers topics ranging from soil fertility to cover crops.
Plants and Crops
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service [24]: Includes ATTRA publications about growing fruits. Focuses on organic and sustainable farming methods.
- Cornell Fruit Resources [25]: The Cornell University Department of Horticulture gateway linking to resources for the commercial production of specific fruits (tree and stone fruits, grapes, berries).
- New York Fruit Quarterly [26]: A publication from the New York State Horticultural Society produced quarterly which contains a wide variety of articles on fruit production in New York State.
- New York State Integrated Pest Management for Fruits [27]
- Penn State College of Agricultural Science Publications on Fruits [28]: Includes information on tree fruit production and grape growing.
Vegetables
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service [24]: Includes ATTRA publications on growing vegetables. Focuses on organic and sustainable farming methods.
- Cornell Vegetable MD Online [29]: From the Cornell University Department of Plant Pathology, provides fact sheets on plants diseases and diagnostic keys with color photos.
- Cornell Vegetable Resources [30]: The Cornell Commercial Vegetable Production program is a cooperative effort between Extension educators and horticulturists, entomologists, pathologists, economists and engineers at both the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva and academic departments at Cornell University.
- New York State Integrated Pest Management for Vegetables [31]
- Penn State College of Agricultural Science Publications on Vegetables [32]: Includes information on growing asparagus, curcubits, leafy vegetables,etc.
Field Crops
- Alternative Field Crops Manual [33]: From the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service, this manual provides information on over 40 alternative crops.
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service [34]: Publications cover traditional and alternative crops and discuss soil and weed management options and tilling and planting methods.
- Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America [35]: This guide from Cornell University provides photographs and descriptions of biological control agents of insect, disease and weed pests in North America. It is also a tutorial on the concept and practice of biological control and integrated pest management (IPM).
- Cornell Field Crops and Soils Handbook [36]: A companion to the Cornell Guide for Integrated Field Crop Management, this handbook serves as a resource reference and contains expanded background information, research findings, and the reasoning behind the recommendations for climate, soil management, soil fertility, grain and forage crop production. This reference also includes a section on integrated pest management for weeds, insects, and diseases.
- New York Integrated Pest Management for Field Crops [37]
- Penn State Agronomy Guide 2007-2008 [38]: Covers crop and soil management and pest management for a variety of field crops.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications on Field Crops [39]: PDF documents covering a wide variety of crops.
Pasture
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service [40]: Publications on grass farming.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications on Forage, Pasture and Silage [41]
Soils
- ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service [42]: Contains publications on soils and compost.
- Building Soils for Better Crops [43]: Publication available online from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
- Cornell Nutrient Analysis Laboratory [44]: Provides New York Soil Test Summaries on soil fertility.
- Cornell Soil Health Assessment Manual [45]: Provides overview of soil health, soil health testing and management strategies for improving soil health.
- Cornell Waste Management Institute [46]: Contains information on composting and soil quality.
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Publications on Soils and Soil Management [47]
- Soil Quality Publications [48]: From the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, provides full-text publications on a variety of topics related to soil quality.
Resources compiled by Hinkle Memorial Library [49].







