For Producers

Pork Industry Organizations

Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers
www.supportfarmers.com

National Pork Producers Council
www.nppc.org

Iowa Pork Industry Center
www.ipic.iastate.edu/

National Pork Board
www.pork.org

U.S. Pork Center of Excellence
Pork Information Gateway
http://isu.porkgateway.org/web/guest1/home

Canadian Pork Council
www.cpc-ccp.com

Council for Agricultural Sciences and Technology
www.cast-science.org

Markets

Livestock Marketing Information Center
www.lmic.info/index.shtml

Agriculture Marketing Service
www.ams.usda.gov/

Agriculture Marketing Service - Hog and Pork Prices
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/mncs/index.htm

AgWeb.com
www.agweb.com

AgriClick.com
www.agriclick.com

ISU Extension economist Dr. John Lawrence's page
www.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/lawrence

Iowa Farm Outlook
www.econ.iastate.edu/outreach/agriculture/periodicals/ifo

Chicago Board of Trade
www.cbot.com

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
www.cme.com

Iowa Market Information
www.extension.iastate.edu/Information/market.html

United States Meat Export Federation
www.usmef.org

Swine Marketing Contracts
www.state.ia.us/government/ag/ag_contracts/index.html

Iowa State Farm Economy Team
isufarmeconomyteam.org

Economic Impact Study
www.econ.iastate.edu/outreach/agriculture/

Enviromental

EPA
www.epa.gov

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/

Iowa DNR
http://www.iowadnr.com/

Iowa Manure Management Action Group
http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/immag/

Conservation Districts of Iowa
www.cdiowa.org

Manure Management Plan Forms for Confinement Animal Feeding Operations
http://www.iowadnr.com/afo/mmp.html

Pork Environment.org
www.porkenvironment.org

Government Reports

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA
www.usda.gov

Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
www.aphis.usda.gov

National Agriculture Statistics Service
http://www.usda.gov

USDA Historical Inventory
usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/data-sets/livestock/94904/sb904.txt

Iowa

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/

Iowa General Assembly
www2.legis.state.ia.us/

Iowa Profile: Census of Agriculture Database
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/lawrence/Census/Intro.html

Iowa Agricultural Statistics Service
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Iowa/index.asp

Iowa Community College and University Swine/ Agriculture Program Links

DORDT College
http://www.dordt.edu/academics/programs/agriculture/

Ellsworth Community College
http://www.iavalley.edu/ecc/about/programs-degrees/SwineMgmt.html

Des Moines Area Community College
http://www.dmacc.cc.ia.us/programs/ag/

Hawkeye Community College -
http://www.hawkeyecollege.edu/futurestudents/programsoffereddetail.asp?ProgramNameID=Ag Business Management

Iowa Lakes Community College
http://www.iowalakes.edu/programs_study/agriculture/index.htm

University of Iowa -- PorkTraining.com
http://www.Porktraining.com

Iowa State University -
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/

Kirkwood Community College
http://www.kirkwood.edu/site/index.php?d=497

Marshalltown CC
http://www.iavalley.edu/mcc/about/programs-degrees/Agriculture.html

North Iowa Area Community College
http://www.niacc.edu/agtech/index.html

Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ICASH/

Pork Industry Publications

Pork Magazine
www.porkmag.com/

@agriculture online
www.agriculture.com

Genetics and Breeding

Swine Testing and Genetic Evaluation System (STAGES)
www.ansc.purdue.edu/stages/

National Swine Improvement Federation - Certified Ultrasound Technicians
http://mark.asci.ncsu.edu/NSIF/

Breeds of Livestock: Swine
www.ansi.okstate.edu/BREEDS/SWINE/

Animal Health and Nutrition

Iowa State University Veterinary Medicine - Swine
http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/departments/vdpam/swine/

Distiller Grains for livestock use -- University of Minnesota
http://www.ddgs.umn.edu/index.html

American Association of Swine Veterinarians
http://www.aasv.org/aasp.html

Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. FDA
www.fda.gov/cvm/

Net Vet
http://netvet.wustl.edu/

Weather

USA Today Weather
www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm

Miscellaneous

University Swine Sites

ISU Extension to Agriculture and Natural Resources
www.extension.iastate.edu/ag/

Texas Tech Pork Industry Institute
www.pii.ttu.edu

PorkNet - University of Illinois
http://www.livestocktrail.uiuc.edu/porknet/

Kansas State University Swine Information
www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_ansi/swine/swine.htm

For Consumers

Food Safety

Food Safety and Information Service
www.fsis.usda.gov/index.htm

Can Your Kitchen Pass the Test?
www.fda.gov/fdac/features/895_kitchen.html

Gateway to Government Food Safety
www.foodsafety.gov

Food Irradiation
www.food-irradiation.com/

Food Safety Consortium
www.uark.edu/depts/fsc/

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
www.cfia-acia.agr.ca/

Pork and Health.org
www.porkandhealth.org

Youth and Education

Pork for Kids
www.pork4kids.com

Iowa Agriculture Awareness Coalition
http://www.agaware.org

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
www.fs4jk.org

Ag In the Classroom
www.agclassroom.org

Farm Bureau
www.ifbf.org

National FFA
www.ffa.org

Iowa 4-H Council
www.extension.iastate.edu/4H/