Online Reports, Databases, and Websites

Agency	Title	Abstract
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service	Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2000	Identifies trends in land, water, and commercial input use, reports on the condition of natural resources used in the agricultural sector, and describes and assesses public policies that affect conservation and environmental quality in agriculture. Live links to the "2000 Version" lead to chapters in the new series. Where new data information is not yet available, the links marked "1996-97 Version" lead to the latest information available in the 1996-97 edition. PDF format.
	Agricultural Productivity in the United States	Describes changes in U.S. agricultural productivity, and its output and input components, for 1948-94, discusses factors that have affected productivity trends, and provides detailed, technical information about the USDA system for calculating productivity.
	Production Practices for Major Field Crops, 1990-97	Presents information on nutrient and pest management practices, crop residue management, and other general crop management practices in use on U.S. farms. Download individual chapters in PDF format or electronic datafiles in MS Word format.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service	1997 RPA Assessment: The United States Forest Resource Current Situation (Final Statistics)	Final statistical tables for downloading in PDF format .
	Forest Health Update 1999	Provides a summary of forest ecosystem health issues in america's forests. Report in HTML format.
	Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the United States -- 1998	Data and information on forest insect and disease damage conditions and trends. Report in PDF format.
	Tree Planting in the United States--1998	Summarizes tree planting, timber stand improvement, and nursery production activities across all ownerships of forest land in the United States. Includes state-by-state and ownership breakdowns, regional totals, as well as trends in the data. Download in PDF format.
	U.S. Timber Production, Trade, Consumption, and Price Statistics 1965-1997	Download the entire report in PDF format or spreadsheets in EXCEL format.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service	1997 Census of Agriculture Volume 1: Part 51, Chapter 1 United States Summary and State Data National-level Data	Links to maps, charts and tables on land use, land in farms, harvested cropland, irrigated land, and other data elements for the Census of Agriculture. Data from previous 2 censuses also included. PDF format.
	1998 Farm & Ranch Irrigation Survey, Volume 3, Special Studies, Census of Agriculture	Data and related information on water use on U.S. irrigated farm and ranch land. PDF format.
	Total Farms, Land in Farms, Average Farm Size Database	Query the NASS Published Estimates Data Base for U.S. and State level data.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Reources Conservation Service	State of the Land	Access data and analyses on land use, soil erosion and soil quality, water quality, wetlands, and other issues regarding the conservation and use of natural resources.
	Summary Report for the 1997 National Resources Inventory	View selected charts and HTML data tables from the 1982 to 1997 inventories or download the entire report in PDF format.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census	Statistical Abstract of the United States	Standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Includes a selection of data on Geography and Environment, including summary data on public lands. PDF format.
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management	Public Land Statistics 2000	Download the entire report for Public Land Statistics 1999. Includes data on the condition of BLM rangeland. PDF format.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs	Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage: 1996 and 1997 Market Estimates	Reports figures derived for pesticide usage and sales values. Trend analysis included. HTML format.

Interagency	Title	Abstract
National Interagency Fire Center	Current Wildland Fire Information	Contains wildland fire season overview for 2000, with links to year-to-date statistics and other information. HTML format.
	1999 Wildland Fire Season Highlights, Facts and Figures	Link to data tables for information on 1999 wildland fires; 10-year comparison statistics; 10 largets annual fires, and more. HTML format.

Organization	Title	Abstract
The Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI)	Commercial Fertilizers, 1999	Consumption data based on total sales and shipments for farm and non-farm use.
Conservation Technology Information Center	National Crop Residue Management Survey	Link to reports in PDF format and data tables in HTML format for information on conservation tillage practices. Trend data included.

Last Updated on Monday, July 30, 2001