Some U.S. agriculture resources for your research

Some of you have requested some information on sources for agriculture in the U.S. Here are some links that you can go to prior to coming to the Congress. Steve Werblow, our co-chairman of the program committee furnished this information:

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service publishes great papers on markets and economics.  There’s an index online at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Browse/.  There are papers and articles on many topics, from individual crops to labor to trade issues, other countries, etc.

The USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service (http://www.nass.usda.gov/#) is a great place to find data on anything agriculture.

This is the USDA’s 2002 book on topics that are mainly organized around federal programs and priorities such as cultural and economic diversity, Factbook of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/factbook/


The Texas Department of Agriculture has a fact sheet online at http://www.agr.state.tx.us/gt/channel/render/items/0,1218,1670_1693_0_1692,00.html

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As we find more information we will post it here. Want to know more? Let us know how we can help you. Post a comment here!

Downloadable Invitation To Congress

We thought it would be helpful for our international guests to have an invitation to take to their embassies so we prepared this one for your use. You can download it from this link: IFAJ Congress 2009 Invitation (pdf). Here’s what it says:

January 2009

To Whom It May Concern

As chairman of this year’s International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Congress, I’d like to personally invite you to our meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.

The dates will be July 31 through August 4, 2009. Our meeting will include professional development sessions to help you become a better writer, photographer and graphic designer. Plus it will provide story opportunities with special sessions devoted to industry issues like international trade and food safety. We’ll also provide agricultural farm tours to round out this special international event.

So, on behalf of this year’s IFAJ Congress, we hope you can arrange to attend and we look forward to seeing you in Fort Worth Texas.

Sincerely,

Greg Lamp
Chairman, IFAJ Congress