Agricultural Economics & Administration

In 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln founded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he called it the "people's Department."   In Lincoln's day, 58 percent of the people were farmers who needed good seeds and information to grow their crops.   Today, USDA continues Lincoln's legacy by serving all Americans.   USDA remains committed to helping America's farmers and ranchers.

This is the site to help tractor enthusiasts like you make new friends or renew old acquintances, join a club or form your own, learn how to restore vintage horsepower or teach others how to do so, find missing parts or offer your own for sale.   From the editors of Successful Farming magazine and Agriculture Online.

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.

The American Agricultural Economics Association is a professional society for those interested in agricultural economics.   A nonprofit organization, AAEA is committed to furthering knowledge about the economics of agriculture, rural communities, and natural resources.   AAEA keeps you abreast of the latest agricultural economics research developments and policy issues.   AAEA keeps you in touch with peers from industry, government, academic, professional and trade associations, foundations and international organizations.

The purpose of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics is to provide a forum for creative and scholarly work in agricultural economics.

The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) is the only national professional organization focusing on the legal needs of the agricultural community.   Crossing traditional barriers, it offers an independent forum for investigation of innovative and workable solutions to complex agricultural law problems.   This role has taken on greater importance in the midst of the current international and environmental issues reshaping agriculture and the impending technological advances which promise equally dramatic changes.

New England Small Farm Institute (NESFI) is a land-based, non-profit organization.   It was founded in 1978 by a local citizens' action group—Women in Agriculture, Food Policy and Land Use Reform—to encourage more sustainable regional agriculture, Our mission is to promote small farm development by providing information and training for aspiring, beginning and transitioning farmers.   We maintain an extensive resource collection; produce publications; develop and offer innovative, farmer-guided programs; and advocate for policies that encourage sustainable small-scale agriculture.   We seek collaborative program-delivery partnerships with service providers—associates, on-farm mentors, organizations and agencies—throughout the Northeast and nationwide.

The Agricultural Marketing Service includes six commodity programs--Cotton, Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable, Livestock and Seed, Poultry, and Tobacco.   The programs employ specialists who provide standardization, grading and market news services for those commodities.   They enforce such Federal Laws as the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and the Federal Seed Act.

Tractor Brewing Company is a premium microwbrewy from Los Lunas NM. We're harvesting kegs, growlers and bottles at The Beer Farm! Visit our site and learn about our award winning beers, see pictures of the brewery, watch tv ads, and buy one of a kind beer merchandise: T Shirts, coasters and more! Get Plowed!

Kuhn's Equipment Repair specializes in antique tractor restoration and repair. Our company is a complete farm tractor repair shop offering tractor parts, tractor manuals, and other items for farm tractors and antique tractors from Allis Chalmers, B.F. Avery, Case, Case IH, CO-OP, David Brown, Farmall, Ford, International, John Deere, Kubota, Massey Ferguson, Minneapolis Moline, Oliver, White, and Zetor. We offer both new and some used antique tractor parts and farm tractor manuals for almost any make or model of antique tractor you have.