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Agriculture and Climate

Agricultural Weather Service Inc.
Global forecasting and climate data products targeted towards industry, retail and research. Offers forecasts tailored for specific kinds of agricultural commodities, including freeze/frost forecasts for citrus, fruit, vegetable and nursery crops.

Arizona Agnet Weather and Climate Data
Access to databases including: AZMET Customized Data Generator, which contains weather-related data collected at 25 stations throughout Arizona over the last 10 years; Arizona storm records; and Arizona weather history records.

Arizona AgNIC--Rangeland Management
University of Arizona page covering all aspects of its range management program and offering access to distributed sources of agricultural information, subject area specialists, and other resources. Includes a Climate and Weather section with links to other weather sites and publications.

Arizona Cooperative Extension
Outreach arm of the University of Arizona. Information about environmental, marketing, food, and community programs. Links to county extension offices, publications, and calendar.

Arizona Drought Resources - University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Links to publications and drought websites, with an emphasis on agriculture and rural communities.

Bureau of Reclamation Agrimet System--Pacific Northwest
Data, maps, and other information about agriculture in the Pacific Northwest. The AgriMet network consists of over 50 agricultural weather stations located throughout the Pacific Northwest

Climate Change and Rangeland Management
Beyond Boxes and Arrows: A Workshop on Climate Change and Range Management (2006 Conference)

CPC Evaporation Web Page
A series of maps showing current month & most recent 12 months average evaporation and anomalies; previous 12 months percentiles; evaporation climatology and 1 & 2 week outlooks.

Farm Service Agency - Arizona
State of Arizona office of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), whose goals are "stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources, providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping farm operations recover from the effects of disaster." Available in Spanish.

Farm Service Agency - New Mexico
State of New Mexico office of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), whose goals are "stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources, providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping farm operations recover from the effects of disaster." Available in Spanish.

Institute for the Study of Society & Environment (ISSE) (NCAR)
Group that studies environmental change and responses; offers access to its reports on climate impacts on agriculture, enhancing the productivity and resilience of natural resources, on-line newsletters and journals, and a host of other climate and resource information.

National Agricultural Decision Support System
Decision support tools for agricultural producers for determining risks associated with drought and flood.

National Drought Mitigation Center Drought Monitor
A synthesis of multiple indices, outlooks and news accounts from federal, regional and state agencies that represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists in determining drought and its impacts.

National Phenology Network [PDF, 416 KB]
Seeks to collect data on the timing of seasonal cycles of plants and animals.

New Mexico Climate Center (Office of the New Mexico State Climatologist)
Climate information from the state climatologist of New Mexico (New Mexico State University), including data collected from the NWS cooperative observer program and an automated weather data network. Climate data is available for specific geographical areas and time frames.

New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service
Outreach arm of New Mexico State University's College of Agriculture and Home Economics in Las Cruces. Information about agricultural, gardening, food and nutrition, and community programs. Links to county extension offices and publications.

New Mexico Farm*A*Syst
The New Mexico Farm*A*Syst system is a voluntary and confidential groundwater protection program for rural New Mexicans. It provides fact sheets and worksheets that allow users to determine potential risks to groundwater on their property.

New Mexico Governor's Drought Task Force
Drought plan for New Mexico that assesses where the state is vulnerable to drought impacts, what can be done to minimize the impact of a drought before it occurs, and planned responses for dealing with drought.

NOAA Hydrologic Information Center Soil Information
Links to the Palmer Drought Severity Index, Crop Moisture Index, Soil Moisture Monitoring, Prediction and Outlook, and the Keetch-Byram Drought Index.

NRCS Arizona Office
Arizona page of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; includes Arizona plants lists, conservation assistance and incentive programs available in Arizona, Arizona conservation partners and other information.

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
A wide array of information on conserving, maintaining, and improving natural resources and the environment; includes programs on water conservation and supply forecasting, snow surveys, and watershed protection, surveys, and planning.

Rio Grande Basin Initiative
The Rio Grande Basin Initiative promotes "Efficient Irrigation for Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin," providing information on 9 major task areas, including urban water conservation, irrigation education and training, institutional incentives for water use, saline and wastewater management and reuse, and environment, ecology, and water protection.

Santa Rita Experimental Range Repeat Photography
An archive of photographs taken repeatedly over the years from 117 sites throughout the Santa Rita Experimental Range in southeastern Arizona.

Soil Information for Environmental Modeling and Ecosystem Management
Interactive maps and tabular data of soil survey reports available on-line; access to soil survey activity in the USDA's 17 Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Soil Survey Regions; information on soil landscapes, soil climates and soil datasets.

Southeast Regional Climate Center
Current weather news reports and articles, historical climate information, drought and agriculture information, hurricane and tornado data, for the southeastern U.S.

USDA Risk Management Agency Crop Weather
Crop weather forecasts, agricultural weather highlights, tropical weather information, etc.

USDA/NOAA Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
U.S. agricultural weather highlights, weekly weather and crop bulletin, major world crop areas and climatic profiles, and monthly world agricultural weather highlights.

Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library
Links to drought and weather prediction and monitoring tools; drought and weather organizations; and reports, papers, articles, and news services.

Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
USDA/NOAA project to routinely collect global weather data and agricultural information to determine the impact of growing season weather conditions on crops and livestock production prospects.

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