Government Documents on Agriculture

The U.S. Government produces voluminous information on agriculture. This information covers material as diverse as gardening advice, crop insurance, rice production, soils of individual U.S. counties, wheat export statistics, and laws. Purdue Libraries have many government publications on agriculture with most of these being in the HSSE, LIFE, and MEL Libraries. Useful subject headings to search the Library Catalog for government information on agriculture include

Agriculture and State--United States
Agricultural Laws and Legislation--United States
Agricultural Price Supports--United States
Crop Insurance
Peanuts
Poultry Industry
Wheat Trade--United States

The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36. The GPO Index on the Purdue Libraries indexes page is similiar to GPO on SilverPlatter. You can also use Catalog of U.S. Government Publications to search U.S. Government publications from 1994-present. A useful bibliographic guide to government agency publications is Guide to U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF Desk 015.73 G943.

Other useful indexes for U.S. Government information on agriculture Lexis-Nexis Statistical covering statistical information, the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications, its predecessor CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index 1833-1969 HSSE REF 348.731 C76, the Congressional Serial Set Index HSSE REF 328.73 C761c and Digital United States Congressional Serial Set for historical congressional publications, CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996, Checklistof United States Publications 1789-1909 HSSE REF 016.353 Un36, and Historical Statistics of the United States: Millenium Edition HSSE REF Desk 317.3 H629 2006.

Selected legal and regulatory sources of agricultural information include:

Slip Laws	HSSE Doc Ref AE 2.110:
United States Code (Title 7)	HSSE REF 345 Un3co
Code of Federal Regulations (Title 7)	HSSE REF 353.005 C64
Federal Register	HSSE REF 353.005 Un34 & HSSE MF
List of Sections Affected	HSSE REF 353.005 C64 LSA
Indiana Code (Title 15)	HSSE REF 348.772 In25c
Indiana Administrative Code (Titles 355, 410 et. al.)	HSSE REF 348.772025 In2i
Indiana Register	HSSE REF 348.772025 In3

Selected U.S. Government documents on agriculture from the executive branch include:

Agricultural Statistics of the U.S. (Also on CD-ROM 2002)	LIFE, MEL (Ag. Econ), STOR, & VETM 630.83 Un20
Farmers Bulletins Index	LIFE, MEL, & HIKS Repository 630.83 Un9
USDA Technical Bulletins (Primarily an index-limited full text)	LIFE MF A 1.36:
Agricultural Factbook	MEL (Ag. Econ) A 1.38/2:
Agriculture Handbook	LIFE, MGMT (Ag. Econ), HIKS Repository 630.83 Un16 & LIFE MF A 1.76:
Home & Garden Bulletins	CFS & HIKS Repository 630.83 Un38
Soil Surveys (Individual U.S. counties)	LIFE 630.8784 Un7 Click here for Purdue's holdings.
FAS World wide (Formerly AgExporter)	MEL (Ag. Econ) 630.8726 Un22 & MEL MF A 67.7/3:
Crop Insurance Handbooks	MEL (Ag. Econ) A 62.15:
Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Arrivals	MEL MF A 88.12/31:
Agricultural Prices	MEL 630.8571 Un7 & MEL MF A 92.16:
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S.	MEL (Ag. Econ) 630.8726 Un18ca & MEL MF A 93.17/7:
Meat & Poultry Inspection Regulations	LIFE A 110.6/2:
Census of Agriculture (Also on CD-ROM vol. 1, vol. 2)	MEL REF C 3.31/4:

Independent agency and congressional sources of agricultural information include:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission MEL Y 3.C 73/5:

House Agriculture Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.AG 8/1: (Reps. Mike Pence (R-IN), Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Brad Ellsworth (R-IN) are members of this committee)

House Appropriations Committee HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:AG 8/ (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee)

Senate Agriculture Committee HSSE DOC Y 4.AG 8/3: (Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) is a member of this committee and a former committee chair.)

Senate Appropriations Committee HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:

Congressional Budget Office HSSE DOC Y 10.2:

Congressional Research Service Reports-(Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Government Accountability Office-MEL MF GA 1.13:

Internet Sources

Increasing amounts of U.S. Government information are available on the Internet.
master index of government information resources on the Internet can be found at:
www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/

Useful Internet sources of U.S. Government agriculture information include:

GPO Access-Provides access to major federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information sources such as congressional bills, the Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 2007 USDA Farm Bill Information

Animal, Plant, & Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Cooperative State Resources, Education, & Extension Service

Economic Research Service

Farm Credit Administration

Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation

Food Safety & Inspection Service

Foreign Agricultural Service

Grain Inspection, Packers, & Stockyards Administration

The Great Plains During World War II (Non-governmental)

National Agricultural Library

National Agricultural Statistics Service