Agronomic Links

Listed here are some of the many links that I've found useful and informative from an agronomic standpoint.
Many of these sites will get you to hundreds of others with great agricultural information.

Ag Search Engines

AgriSurf! - easy to use and lots of great links
AgriGator * Worldwide Agricultural SITE INDEX
AltaVista Search Engine
Northern Light Search Engine - a personal favorite
Microsoft Terra Server - search air photos and find your farm!

Some Really Nice University, Government and Commodity Links

Agronomic Links Around the Globe from Purdue University

University Agronomy Departments

American Society of Agronomy Home Page
WI DATCP Ag Resource Management Division
WI DATCP "One Stop Shop" for Livestock Producers - WI Nutrient Mgt. Regulations

USDA Home Page

"Foraging for Information"

Wisconsin Team Forage Home Page
UW Forage Research and Extension

Wisconsin Forage Council

Fond du Lac County Forage Council

Forageinfo. - FIS WWW New Home Page

Penn State's Forage Home Page

Purdue University Forage Information

"Dairy Forage Research Center"

National Alfalfa Information Center
Oklahoma Alfalfa
1998 Alfalfa Improvement Conference - Bozeman, MT

Cornell University Forage Page

Prescribed Grazing Management Manual - Cornell University

Minnesota Hay List

Hay Lists
Internet Hay Exchange - Hay For Sale

Intensive Grazing Links

FORAGE SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER - Linn County, MO
Reed Canarygrass - Univ. of Minnesota

"In the corn patch"

Wisconsin Corn Agronomy

TheMaize Page

Corn Connection

Down At The Chat 'n Chew Cafe (Purdue University)

The Corn Growers Guidebook (Purdue University)

National Corn Growers

Ontario Corn Producers’ Association Home Page

"Here's some soybean stuff"

UW Soybean Research and Extension Program

StratSoy Home Page

UW Soybean Health Web Site

The Soy Page - from Iowa State University
Wisconsin Soybean Association

"Bringing in the sheaves"

The Wheat Page at Kansas State University

Minnesota Wheat Growers Association

Missouri Extension Small Grains Page

Guide to Wheat Diseases
Growth Staging of Small Grains

"Down in the dirt"

Soil Science Dept, U.W-Madison.

UW Soils Extension

Conservation Technology WWW Resources

USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory

"Those nasty crop pests"

Weed Science - University of Wisconsin
Integrated Pest Management at Iowa State Univ.- lots of great links here

Iowa State University Extension Weed Management

Integrated Pest and Crop Management - UW Wisconsin
Michigan State Integrated Pest Management
Crop-Net Crop Protection Web Site
Ag Chemical Labels - print as .pdf files

Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator Training Program
Plant Pathology, UW-Madison

"Going to market"

MarketPlex

Corn_- 10 minute updates from the CBOT

Wheat - 10 minute updates from the CBOT

Soybeans - 10 minute updates from the CBOT
Mid-Am Commodity Charts and Data - create custom charts

USDA Ag Market News Grain & Oilseed Reports

Successful Farming Market Information

"Sustainable agriculture"

Sustainable Farming Connection
Wisconsin Sustainable Ag Home Page
Minnesota Sustainable Ag Home Page

Agronomy Links of General Interest

Asgrow Formulas & Tables
Emergency Grain Storage Information - Univ. of Nebraska
Grain Quality Publications - Purdue University
Minnesota Machinery Economic Cost Guide and Custom Rates - pdf files

Some "Real" Farmer Links

John Reifsteck Farm Home Page - precision ag information

Farm Magazine Links

Agriculture Online - Successful Farming Magazine's all encompassing web site

Farm Journal (agweb.com)

Hoard's Dairyman

Iowa Farmer Today Online
Country Today Newspaper

Makin' Hay While the Sun Shines (or is it?)

Fond du Lac current and 5-day weather outlook

Wisconsin Weather Radar - Chicago

Wisconsin Weather Radar - Msp

INTELLICAST:milwaukee NEXRAD

INTELLiCast:USA Weather

Weather and Crop Comments - Iowa State University Extension

AGRIBIZ Weather - weather for the farmer

NOAA
Old Farmers Almanac - when all else fails

Long-Range U.S. Forecasts - from OFM

WI-MN Agricultural Weather

For more information contact Mike Rankin