LibGuides: Statistics: Agriculture

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Agricultural Statistics - Ref HD 1751 .A27
Offers data on agricultural production, consumption, supplies, facilities, costs and returns in the United States.
Food and Agricultural Organization in the United Nations
Includes agriculture, fisheries, nutrition, forestry and food quality data. Searchable by both country and commodity.

AGRICOLA
Citations and abstracts for agricultural publications from the 15th century to the present, including articles from over 600 periodicals, USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books. Subjects include animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Many records are linked to full-text documents online. A resource of the National Agricultural Library.

When looking for statistics, ask yourself these questions:

Who/what would collect statistics on my topic?
Governments tend to collect many kinds of statistics as do news organizations, polling places, institutes, think tanks and researchers also collect data.

How would statistics on my topic be made public?
You can find statistics in a number of places, both in print and online. Not every statistic is publicly available, however.

What possible barriers might prevent me from finding statistics on my topic?
Statistics for your topic might not be public or available in a neat package. There might be language barriers. Data may simply not have been collected on your topic.