Biotechnology
Biotechnology Companies
Electronics and Engineering
Precision Farming
Research / Science

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ag Biotech Infonet - an online service for agricultural biotechnology that provides a wide range of content on plant and animal biotechnology.

Agricultural Biotechnology - USDA site that identifies relevant laws, regulation, policies, and responsibilities as well as permitting/notification information.

APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine - Scientific Services - Biotechnology Permits - contains the current list of biotechnology applications, APHIS documents and reports, and biosafety resources and reference materials.

Biotechnology Industry Organization - the largest trade organization to serve and represent the emerging biotechnology industry in the United States and around the globe.

BioTrack Online - a compendium of OECD biotechnology publications.

FDA Biotechnology Information - provides background information and FDA evaluations, policy and testimony.

National Agricultural Biotechnology Council - provides an open forum to discuss biotechnology issues and encourages the ethical, safe, efficacious and equitable development of the products and processes of agricultural biotechnology.

National Genetic Resources Program - germplasm resources for plants, animals, microbes and invertebrates.

SoyBase - USDA soybean genome database, includes genetic and QTL maps, clickable metabolic pathway diagrams, and many other topics of interest to geneticists and breeders.

BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

Monsanto - a life-sciences company that is the world's foremost developer, producer and marketer of crop protection technologies and products.

ELECTRONICS AND ENGINEERING

American Society of Agricultural Engineers - a not-for-profit professional and technical organization of members worldwide interested in engineering knowledge for food and agriculture.

Canadian Society for Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems - mission to advance the application of engineering principles and practices for the betterment of agriculture and applied sciences.

PRECISION FARMING

Precision Ag Resources - University of Georgia's National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory site with links to precision agriculture.

University of Minnesota Precision Agriculture Center - fosters the adoption of site specific management techniques.

RESEARCH / SCIENCE

Agricultural Institute of Canada - unites the professional and scientific components of Canadian agriculture in a federation of provincial institutes of agrologists and scientific and agriculture-related organizations.

Agricultural Research Magazine - USDA's scientific magazine, published monthly by the Agricultural Research Service.

American Association for the Advancement of Science - a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines.

American Association of Cereal Chemists - an international organization of cereal science and other professionals studying the chemistry of cereal grains and their products.

American Leather Chemists Associations - promotes the advancements of the knowledge of science and engineering in regard to applications to problems facing the leather and leather products industries.

American Meat Science Association - provides credible, science-based information to the industry and facilitates a greater understanding of muscle food and associated animal products as a major food source in the United States and world economics.

American Society of Agronomy - founded in 1907 and dedicated to the development of agriculture enable by science, in harmony with environmental and human values.

CAB International - a not-for-profit organization that undertakes research and training in biological pest management, biodiversity, biosystematics and the environment, and helps design, build and sustain information management systems.

Centre Analytical Laboratories, Inc. - a commercial analytical laboratory providing R&D and regulatory support services to the agrochemical industry.

Controlled Release Society - mission to advance the science and technology of chemical and biological delivery systems.

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) - mission to identify food and fiber, environmental, and other agricultural issues and to interpret related scientific research information for legislators, regulators, and the media for use in public policy decision making.

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - contributes, through its research, to promoting sustainable agriculture for food security in developing countries.

Crop Science Society of America - an educational and scientific organization comprised of more than 4,700 members dedicated to the advancement of crop science.

Fats and Proteins Research Foundation - a nonprofit organization that directs and manages a research process that results in enhanced usage and the development of new uses for rendered animal products.

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologies - founded in 1912, FASEB has consistently provided educational meetings and publications to disseminate biological results.

Hawaii Agriculture Research Center - specializes in horticultural crop research including agronomy and plant nutrition, plant physiology, breeding, genetic engineering and tissue culture, and integrated pest management.

Institute of Food Technologies - a nonprofit scientific society with 28,000 members working in food science, food technology, and related professions in industry, academics and government.

International Society for Horticultural Science - formally established in 1959, and is not the leading worldwide organization in horticulture with contacts in more than 150 countries, whose aim is to promote research in all branches of horticulture.

National Academics of Science Board on Agriculture

National Research Council (NRC) - the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities.

National Science Foundation - an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects.

Northwestern Agricultural Research Center - conducts agricultural research to benefit producers in Montana.

Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

USDA's Agriculture Research Service - the main in-house research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USDA's Economic Research Service - provides economic analysis on efficiency, efficacy, and equity issues related to agriculture, food, the environment and rural development to improve public and private decision making.

USDA's Western Regional Research Center - contains information on publications, research projects and results, and technology transfer.