Site Directories
Australian Agricultural Directories
on 02/02/04AgLinks
AgLinks allows users to browse over 700 links via 91 categories, or to search for specific content via keyword searches. For those of you managing agricultural web resources, it is free to list resources in the AgLinks directory.
on 19/09/03AgNet
AgNet provides a comprehensive list of Australian agriculture related sites under the categories of Organisations, Businesses, Topics, What's New, Search Engines, and Other Agriculture Sites. However the site does not appear to have been updated for some time.
Agricultural Government Entry Point
See under The Rural and Regional Guide to E-commerce - Government Services. Included here for its many referrals to external web resources.
on 19/09/03Agrigate
Agrigate is a searchable directory of agriculture sites for Australian researchers.
The contents of the Agrigate site can be search using keywords. It can also be browsed by selecting a broad term of reference, then cross-referencing it against one or many specific terms. Or the contents of the site can be indexed and browsed alphabetically.
The site highlights new entries to the site through the 'What's New' section and gives some general information about Agrigate, its policies and how to use the site. Subscriptions are also available for receiving update information.
on 03/02/04Australian Farming Virtual Library
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/AFVL/
This virtual library aims to provide information on various topics that relate to Australian and New Zealand farming industries. A wide range of links are available in over 30 major categories including Aquaculture, Beef Cattle, Canola, Commodity Prices and Markets, Cotton, Dairy Cattle, Forest Industries, Goats, Grain, Hemp, Pigs, weather and more.
on 19/09/03Australian Food News
This site provides links to information for the food industry, including retail outlets, food companies, food events, food law information, food books and employment opportunities. The section on "fresh produce" serves as a directory of some agricultural sites, in five commodity-based categories.
on 19/09/03Australian Web Servers - Agriculture
http://www.csu.edu.au/links/agriculture.html
A straight listing, with links to over 100 agriculturally related web sites arranged alphabetically.
on 19/09/03Farmindex
The site consists of a number of categories including classifieds, community, cropping, education, rural products, finance, have your say, health, industry groups, kids, leisure, livestock, markets, news, rural services, real estate, shopping, weather and women.
Some areas of the site are better developed and more functional than others. For instance, the "news" service has been running for some time, while the "having your say" area has not yet come online. Many of the other categories offer some form of functionality somewhere in between these two, offering a combination of links to other web sources and the sites own news stories.
on 19/09/03Infarmation
http://www.infarmation.com.au/
Infarmation offers a searchable directory of agricultural web sites. A sentence describes each site.
The site also provides a number of other services, including a diary of rural events, Web design and hosting services, a discussion forum entitled "Bush Telegraph", some current news and weather information, and some commodity pricing information.
The Infarmation site can be personally customised by visitors choosing to become ‘Infarmembers’.
on 19/09/03Rural Information Tasmania
http://www.ruralinformationtasmania.southcom.com.au
Established in 1999, the Rural Information Service for Tasmania aims at bridging the gap between rural and metropolitan Tasmania, and promoting rural ventures of Australia's most southern state. A categorised list of rural industries and products is displayed on the homepage and searchable via a database query.
on 18/09/03Seed Savers Network
http://www.genevar.com.au/seedsavers/resources/byformat_index.html
The Resources Index of the Seed Savers Network has been included here for its considerable listing of web resources relating to seed networks, directories, web pages, archives and databases.
on 18/09/03Sheep'O The Australian Sheep Industry on the Web
A directory of information for woolgrowers, plus an email mailing list. The directory is not just of Web sites. Categories include abattoirs, studs, educational courses, tanneries, prime lamb market reports, wool market prices, discussion forums, and classifieds.
on 18/09/03Silo
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/silo/index.html
This is a searchable directory of agricultural sites. Under the heading of "Australian Farming Virtual Library", the directory is organised into approximately 40 categories. This virtual library aims to provide information on various topics that relate to Australian and New Zealand farming industries. You can add you name to an update list to keep abreast of additions to the virtual library site. There is also a Rural Links area offering further resources in the categories of Rural Society, Agriculture, Rural Environment and Technology.
on 18/09/03The Pig Page
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rroutley/
This is a directory of pig industry related sites. It also provides subscription information to pig mailing lists. For light relief, there is 'Why Did the Pig Cross the Road?' section.
on 03/02/04University of Adelaide Library - Guide
http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/agri/
The University of Adelaide Library guides section of their web site offers a guide to agriculture and natural resources on the web. Resources are categorised under 20 major headings, with a brief description provided for each entry.
on 18/09/03University of Tasmania - Agriculture Subject Guide
http://www.utas.edu.au/library/info/subj/agriculture.html
The University of Tasmania Agriculture Subject Guide is included here for its references to electronic journals, databases and web resources pertaining to agriculture.
on 03/02/04Veterinary Education and Information Network (VEIN) - Information Gateway
http://www.gatewaybbs.com.au/Agricult/Agricult.htm
VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals. VEIN provides information services and specialist advice, research databases and indexes. VEIN also provides a veterinary and animal science gateway, linking to numerous online resources.
on 18/09/03West Vic Farming
http://www.gatewaybbs.com.au/Agricult/Agricult.htm
Intended as a "gateway to the Internet" page for Western Victorian farmers. Links are organised into four categories, plus a category for "annual events" (field days etc). The site also provides information on Johne's disease and Ovine Johne's disease.
Some Overseas Agricultural Directories
on 18/09/03AgriBiz
A "portal" (ie, gateway) site for farmers on the Internet, organised into three sections. "Search and research" provides a series of search interfaces into other agricultural information, news, weather, economic information, a calendar of agricultural conferences etc, conversion calculators, and "training" for new Internet users. "Markets and analysis" links to actual price information within the commodity exchange sites, including a "QuickQuotes" section on daily market reports, and global weather and crop conditions. "News and articles" provides a range of links on subjects such as news, and issues such as risk management and supply chain relationships.
on 03/02/04Agricultural Directory Listings
http://www.agrisupportonline.com/links_main.htm
An agricultural web directory with numerous links and resources from around the world, but with a predominantly US focus.
on 03/02/04Agriculture Network Information Centre (AgNIC)
The Agriculture Network Information Centre (AgNIC) is a voluntary alliance of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), land-grant universities and other agricultural organisations, in cooperation with citizen groups and US government agencies. AgNIC focuses on providing agricultural information in electronic format via the Internet. One of the objectives of AgNIC is that member participants take responsibility for small vertical segments of agricultural information (including basic, applied, and developmental research, extension, and teaching activities in the food, agricultural, renewable natural resources, forestry, and physical and social sciences) and develop Web sites and reference services in specific subject areas.
The AgNIC site can be browsed by approx 15 subject areas or searched via keyword searches. Both simple and advanced searches are possible while search tips and a thesaurus are also available. While this site is predominantly US-centric, some references to Australian agriculture are available.
on 18/09/03Agriscape
Agriscape is a web page directory which also incorporates a basic search engine. Its extensive categorised database is dominated by U.S. websites due to its origin from that country. There are however, many international links sourced from Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The page is updated regularly, and the previous day's updates can be viewed by clicking on the 'What's New' hypertext.
The array of categories located on the home page include weather, auctions, education and research, libraries, journals, conferences, and market reports (in $US). Clicking on any of the categories will take the user to topics directly related to that category, and also subcategories which in themselves contain more links. For anyone intending to travel abroad, the conference section would prove quite useful if they wish to gain an insight on agricultural issues while travelling. The weather link is almost internationally exhaustive, and contains links to many useful weather-related sites.
on 18/09/03Agrisurf!
AgriSurf contains one of the largest specialist directories of agricultural sites on the Internet. The ‘hand picked’ directory of web resources is searchable by free text language or by Boolean terms. Alternatively, there is an agricultural index, which is browsable via 34 subject headings.
Entries include a brief description of each site, and a rating for accessibility (but not content). Special pages are provided for new entries and for “fertile" (ie, featured) sites. An email newsletter on developments in agricultural web sites is available and a number of discussion forums are provided. There is also daily agricultural news, an ‘AgDownloads’ area, a ‘Top 10’ and an ‘AgCalendar’ where you can browse or add events.
Ag Biz Wire allows companies visiting the site to submit press releases to AgriSurf to increase their public circulation, and site visitors can create their own custom bookmarks for the site.
on 18/09/03Agriweb Canada
http://hahtext.agr.ca/agriweb/default.htm
Agriweb Canada is a directory of online resources in Canadian agriculture and its associated agri-food industries. The sites resources can be searched via a keyword search, referenced through a "Dewey Tree", or by browsing an alphabetical index of subject or author. Searches can also be refined by geographical area.
on 18/09/03BIOME
BIOME is the UK's gateway to high quality Internet resources covering the health and life sciences. Of particular interest in the site are AGRIFOR (which relates to Agriculture, Food and Forestry), VETGATE (relating to animal health), and BIORES (covering the biological and biomedical sciences, including genetics, biotechnology, virology, biochemistry and molecular biology).
on 18/09/03EIARD InfoSys
EIARD-InfoSys aims at increasing the transparency of and access to European web resources in the areas of agriculture, environment, forestry, fisheries, socio-economics, rural-transformation and many others, devoted towards development. It also aims at creating an information and communication platform, as service for a multitude of institutions and parties all over Europe involved in scientific development cooperation.
on 18/09/03Farms.com
This portal is the result of a merger between Farms.com and eHARVEST.com, and aims to provide fast, reliable market information.
This site contains the latest news on markets, weather, cattle, swine, feed, ag-chemicals, animal health and real estate. There are also areas of the site dedicated to chat, classifieds, careers in agriculture and a calendar of ag-related events.
The site is aimed primarily at Canadian audiences, but does include some international news, including from Australia.
on 18/09/03Global Potato News
A Canadian-based site of information for the potato industry. Links are organised into twenty categories (eg, biotechnology, breeding, equipment, fertiliser, insects). A monthly newsletter is also published on the site, with email notification of its publication available. A separate section on potato publications provides excerpts from, and links to, online potato publications. A feedback form is provided, as are press releases.
on 18/09/03Sugar Information
Links to sugar information world-wide, in 60 categories (markets, prices, supplies, research organisations, events, etc). Advice of new links can be received by email.
on 18/09/03Webring
A "Webring" is a cute way of sites linking to other sites on a similar topic. Each site includes a logo for the ring, and a link to either the "next" site in the ring, a list of all sites in the ring, the next five sites, or a random site in the ring. A searchable data base of Webrings on a wide range of subjects is available at http://dir.webring.com/rw.
Following is the home page of the Agricultural webring...
The Agriculture Webring
URL
http://r.webring.com/hub?ring=theagring
Links around 250 agricultural Web sites worldwide.
on 18/09/03Yahoo! Agriculture Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Agriculture/
The Yahoo! Agricultural Directory offers access to global agricultural resources in over 40 categories.