Resources for Lenders, Community Bankers & Finance Professionals
Members and Growing
Insider Advice for Banking Success
Agricultural and Rural Development
This page has assorted Agriculture links. The button above takes you back to Agriculture/ USDA Lending
Economy Sites
International Econ Dev Council
http://www.iedconline.org/
Economic Development Institute (EDI)
http://www.bcs.uni.edu/heartland/
Ethanol Sites! (EthanolSites.com)
http://www.ethanolsites.com/
Agriculture Online
http://www.agriculture.com/
Regional Economic Conditions (FDIC)
http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/
Local Economy.net
http://localeconomy.net/index.asp?bhcp=1
Non-Government Sites
Site Selection
http://www.siteselection.com/
Geospatial & Stat Data Center (GeoStat)
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/
EconData.net
http://econdata.net/
AgriFin - Agriculture Finance Support Facility
Visit the section on Agricultural Lending Tools Corner
AgriFin is a special initiative to strengthen the capacity of financial institutions on agriculture finance supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by the World Bank.
Government Data Sites
County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
Cost of Living (Salary Calculator)
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
USDA Ag Statistics
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts
USDA Economic Research Service
http://www.ers.usda.gov/
American Community Survey
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
Economic Development Administration
http://www.eda.gov/
USDA Rural Development
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has a computerized World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) providing access to FAO's vast library of information on agriculture, fisheries, forestry, nutrition and rural development.
An index of Agriculture related Working Paper information is found via ideasQ
State Fact Sheets ERS, US Dept of Agriculture. The State Fact Sheets provide the most recently available farm and rural data compiled by the Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA.
Natural Resources Research Information Pages is a collection of links to natural resources (including forestry, wildlife, parks and protected areas, nature conservation, etc.) institutions, agencies, online catalogs, literature and research news.
Resources for the Future conducts basic and applied economic research and policy analysis to help people understand and make better decisions about the conservation and use of natural and environmental resources.