Small Farm Business
A listing of resources for small farm management and marketing.
Agricultural Statistics (some items restricted to UMass affiliates only)
- Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS)Nearly 2500 reports and datasets covering U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Available titles include both current and historical data. Many of the current titles are available via email subscription.
- Farmland Information Center - Statisticsfrequently requested data from the National Resources Inventory, the Census of Agriculture and Farmland Information Center fact sheets. You also can link to additional information and data sources.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
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Statistics gathered by the Census Bureau, with scholarly editing and essays, from colonial times to near present. - Proquest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
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References to statistical reports from federal, state and local governments, private organizations, and intergovernmental agencies, 1973-present.
UMass Amherst users only.
- Mass. Ag Resources - Facts & StatisticsIncludes crop availability, county fact sheets, maps, and more.
- National Agricultural Statistics Servicesprovides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.
- National Resources Conservation Service - National Resources InventoryStatistical survey of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. non-Federal lands
- ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
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Statistics from U.S. agencies on population, society, trade, the government, and much more, 2013-present. This for-profit version continues Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1878-2012.
