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Agriculture - Iowa

Current Information

Census of Agriculture. Overview from the Iowa Data Center. Current and historical censuses available at the University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa - Agriculture and Natural Resources. State of Iowa selected resources
Iowa Agricultural Statistics Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides data on Iowa farm prices and production.
Iowa Fact Sheet. U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, provides detailed data on agriculture as well as more basic statistics on population, employment, and income.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa State University - University Extension. Collection of useful documents and publications for gardeners, farmers and policy makers.
Agriculture and Land Stewardship publications in Iowa Publications On-line

Historical Information

Reports from Iowa state agencies were compiled into the State Legislative Documents Series from 1856-1931. Helen Stewart's Iowa State Publications provides furrther indexing. Several agriculture related reports were included in the Documents Series and are noted here

Agricultural College. 1859-1909
Agricultural Society. 1866-1876
Agriculture Department. 1915-1931

A series of annual and biennial reports and yearbooks from the Iowa department of agriculture are available in the Library Catalog. See tagged records with "iowa agriculture"

In addition, topical and thematic reports have been produced on a regular basis and are available in the Library catalog.

B. Cloyd
February 2008