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For Producers

Pork Industry Organizations National Pork Producers Council www.nppc.org Iowa Pork Industry Center www.ipic.iastate.edu/ National Pork Board www.porkboard.org US Pork www.uspork.org Canadian Pork Council www.cpc-ccp.com Council for Agricultural Sciences and Technology www.cast-science.org Return to top 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/ Return to top Environmental 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 NPKnowledge - Nutrient Management Team http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2000/9-18-2000/npknowledge.html Pork Environment.org www.porkenvironment.org Return to top Government Reports United States Department of Agriculture USDA www.usda.gov Animal Plant Health Inspection Service www.aphis.usda.gov National Agriculture Statistics Service www.usda.gov/nass/ 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 www.nass.usda.gov/ia Return to top 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%20Business%20Management 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/ Return to top Pork Industry Publications Pork Magazine www.porkmag.com/ @agriculture online www.agriculture.com Return to top 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/ Return to top 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/ Return to top Weather EarthWatch Communications www.earthwatch.com USA Today Weather www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm Return to top 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://porknet.outreach.uiuc.edu Kansas State University Swine Information www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_ansi/swine/swine.htm Return to top

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 Return to top Recipes/Cooking Tips Iowa Pork Recipes www.iowapork.org/recipes/main.html Otherwhitemeat.com www.otherwhitemeat.com Return to top Youth and Education Pork for Kids www.pork4kids.com Iowa Agriculture Awareness Coalition www.agaware.iastate.edu 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/ Return to top