Where To Go for Information

Information on farm and ranch management is available from a wide range of public and private sources.

Cooperative Extension System.

A major supplier of such information is the Cooperative Extension System, which is affiliated with each of the Nation's land-grant universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.

Each county has an Extension Service office that provides a direct link to the land-grant university. County Extension Agents can provide information on a wide range of topics, including farm and ranch management.

In addition, most States have Extension Specialists in farm and ranch management who can provide information on a multitude of topics, including crop and livestock budgets, financial planning and management, and computer software support. For specific information, write or phone the farm and ranch management Extension Specialist at the land-grant university in your State:

Alabama:

80 Extension Hall Auburn University Auburn, AL 36830 Alaska:

Cooperative Extension Service University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK 99775 Arizona:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Arkansas:

Cooperative Extension Service P. O. Box 391 Little Rock, AR 72203 California:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of California Davis, CA 95616 Colorado:

Dept. of Economics Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80521 Connecticut:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06268 Delaware:

232 Townsend Hall Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of Delaware Newark, DE 19717 Florida:

Room 1157, McCarty Hall University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Georgia:

Agricultural Economics Dept.

Colliseum University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Hawaii:

Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics 875 Komohana Street Hilo, HI 96720 Idaho:

Extension Economics University of Idaho 776 Science Center Drive Idaho Falls, ID 83402 Illinois:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 Indiana:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 Iowa:

560 B East Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Kansas:

Agricultural Economics Dept. Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Kentucky:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506 Louisiana:

Cooperative Extension Service Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Maine:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics 302 Winslow Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 Maryland:

Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics Symons Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Massachusetts:

Hampshire County Extension Office 15 Straw Avenue North Hampton, MA 01060 Michigan:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1039 Minnesota:

249 Classroom Office Bldg. University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN 55108 Mississippi:

Mississippi State University P. O. Box 5446 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Missouri:

220 Mumford Hall University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 Montana:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics Montana State University Bozeman, MT 49715Nebraska:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68583 Nevada:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 89557 New Hampshire:

Cooperative Extension Service 317 James Hall University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 New Jersey:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Marketing P. O. Box 231, Cook College Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08903 New Mexico:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88001 New York:

Dept. of Agricultural Economics Cornell University 442 Warren Hall Ithaca, NY 14853