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NAL maintains AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access), the largest bibliographic database of agricultural literature in the world. [18] It contains more than 4.1 million records for publications dating as far back as the 15th century. 78 percent of the records are for journal articles and book chapters, while 22 percent cover full-length books ...
Produced by the United States National Agricultural Library. Free access provided by NAL. [7] Subscription access provided by ProQuest, [8] OVID. [9] AGRIS: Agricultural database: Agriculture: Covers agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, human nutrition, extension literature from over 100 participating countries.
The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), also known as the National Agricultural Research Center, [3] is a unit of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. It is located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, [4] with sections within the Beltsville census-designated place.
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Prior to the inception of ARS, agricultural research was first conducted under the umbrella of the Agricultural Department in the U.S. Patent Office in 1839. It was created to collect statistics, distribute seeds and compile and distribute pertinent information. In 1862 the USDA was created and agricultural research was moved to its department.
Agricola, a genus of birds; Agricola, a 2007 board game by Uwe Rosenberg; 3212 Agricola, an asteroid; Auster Agricola, an aircraft from the 1950s; Agricola (school), a secret NCO school operated by the Grey Ranks during World War II; Agricola Street, a prominent street in the neighbourhood of North End in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kubota Tractor Corp., a Japanese agricultural machinery company with more than 1,100 dealerships across the continent, now has a location in Elk Grove and is expected to jobs to the area.
Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies.