Pork Checkoff - Niche Pork - Chefs & Retailers - Links

INFORMATION RESOURCES

www.AgMRC.org – Agricultural Marketing Resource Center.
www.ciras.iastate.edu/porkmanual – Adding Value to Pork Production Business Start-up Manual. See Reference/Additional Materials within www.ciras.iastate.edu/porkmanual to download contact information for: industry associations, financial assistance resources, contacts for foreign market information and assistance, employee training programs, industry and general business information sources, business development resources, Iowa councils of government, Iowa processors
www.agecon.purdue.edu/newventures - Purdue Extension, starting a new agriculture - or food - related business.
www.attra.org – Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, assistance and resources free of charge to farmers and other ag professionals.
www.ams.usda.gov - Report done by Texas A&M University and USDA entitled 'Enhancing Commercial Food Service Sales by Small Meat Processing Firms'
www.attra.org/attra-pub/Hogs.html – “Sustainable Hog Production Overview.”
www.attra.org/attra-pub/altpork.html – Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, Pork Marketing Alternatives.
www.ams.usda.gov/directmarketing/index.htm –USDA farmer direct marketing resources.
http://www.sare.org/bulletin/hogs - "Profitable Pork: Strategies for Hog Producers."
www.sare.org/newfarmer - "The New American Farmer."
www.agriculture.state.ia.us – Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
www.extension.umn.edu – “Designing Feeding Programs for Natural and Organic Pork Production”, University of Minnesota Extension.
www.attra.org/attra-pub/hooped.html – Hooped Shelters for Hogs.
http://www.abe.iastate.edu/hoop_structures – Hoop Structures for Swine, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.
www.ipic.iastate.edu – Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC), Iowa State.
www.iowaagopportunity.org – Iowa State University Extension.
www.ans.iastate.edu/report/air/ - Iowa State University's Animal Industry Report research activities.
www.pii.ttu.edu – Texas Tech University Pork Industry Institute.
www.nal.usda.gov - National Agricultural Library (NAL).
www.census.gov – US Census.
www.stats.bls.gov - Consumer Expenditure Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.pork.org/NewsAndInformation/QuickFacts – Quick Facts from the National Pork Board website.