AgMAS (Agriculture Marketing Advisory Service) Reports This is a link to the Farm Doc website of reports that present marketing profiles and loan deficiency payment/marketing poan gain profiles for the advisory services followed by the AgMAS Project for the 2001 corn and soybean crops.
AgrAbility Unlimited This program seeks to promote independence in agriculture for people with disabilities and their families.
Farm Doc The farmdoc website provides Illinois farmers with comprehensive and integrated risk management information and analysis. Publications, decision tools and databases related to a variety of risk management issues are found throughout the site. Subject matter sections cover finance, marketing and outlook, management, law and taxation, and policy.
Farm Gate The farm gate is the place to go to find integrated information across a variety of disciplines, including crop and animal sciences, ag economics, ag engineering and veterinary medicine.
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) Located at Western Illinois University, the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs is designed to improve the quality of life in rural areas by developing public-private partnerships with local agencies on small business development and community development projects in rural areas. The Institute works on projects including rural economic and community development (including value-added agriculture), health care, education, public transportation, public management policies, housing, and technology.
Natural Resource Conservation Service The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment.
Rural Route 2 The Rural Route 2 service is designed to help farm families get through tough times. This confidential service provides referrals for farm business and family financial advice; helps manage economic as well as personal situations; helps locate local support; and identifies assistance through the Illinois Farm Development Authority.
U of I Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES), housed in a single department, offers world-class research programs and curricula in seemingly diverse disciplines: soil & aquatic ecology, horticulture and the green industry, forest ecology, insect ecology, food and fiber production, fish and wildlife conservation, and human dimensions of the environment. Our programs span the interface between urban, cultivated and natural ecosystems.
