Links to other useful sites
Alternative Agriculture Pilot Program: Information about low interest loans for Alternative Agriculture in Illinois.
ABI World Premier Bankruptcy Site: Information and options for persons in difficult financial situations.
AgriWellness promotes accessible behavioral health services for underserved and at-risk populations affected by rural crisis in agricultural communities.
Breaking New Ground: Information on rehabilitation technology relating to agricultural worksites.
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service: This is the home page of the USDA-sponsored program that assists local and state extension programs throughout the nation.
Choices for Change - Issues Facing Farm Families: Provided by Iowa State University Extension. Resources for farm families to stay healthy, reduce costs and increase income, and deal with financial and restructuring issues.
Farm Disaster Clearinghouse and HelpLine: A disaster response clearinghouse for family-scale farms.
Food Stamps for Self Employed Farmers: Provided by the USDA. Information about food stamp elgibility for self employed farmers.
Helping America Face Crisis: This USDA website is designed to assist Rural Americans during times of agricultural stress. Resources include hotline numbers, news articles, educational sources, and helpful links.
Illinois Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies: Helps parents locate appropriate child care and helps providers and communitites improve and expand their child care services.
Illinois Employment and Training Centers: Provided by Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. Features an innovative, customer-driven system designed to provide employment and training services to job seekers and employers, in cooperation with local educational institutions.
Illinois Farm Business Management Association: Production and financial information that farmers can use for analysis and budgeting purposes.
Illinois Specialty Farm Products: Describes the Value Project which is sponsored by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Value project explores strategies for improving farm incomes through specialty farm products and value-added processing.
Illinois State Farm Service Agency Office: Links to agricultural agencies and resources within the State of Illinois.
Missouri Agricultural Law & Policy Center: Information about bankruptcy and farm leasing regulations.
National Ag Risk Education Library: Initiative jointly led by the Risk Management Agency (RMA), the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Aims to educate farmers about risk management and new risk management tools.
Porknet - Pork on the Information Superhighway: Provided by the University of Illinois Department of Animal Sciences. Resource for the swine industry. Includes current topics, papers, and items of special interest that pertain to the hog industry.
Rural Response: Created by the University of Minnesota Extension. Resources for farmers in times of change. Addresses current rural problems and concerns and specific actions that are being taken in response to them.
SAN Diversification Brochure: Produced by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN). Cites publication, "Diversify Crops to Boost Profits and Stewardship," that highlights ways for producers to diversify in response to today's tough economic conditions.
SHAUN: Provides professional counseling and peer support to farmers, farm workers and their families who experience an agriculturally related death or disability.
Small Hog Operation Payment: Provided by the Illinois State Farm Service Agency. Information relating to stress in the hog industry.
StratSoy: Provided by the College of ACES. Provides strategic tools and resources for the soybean industry.
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Times: Low Prices or Farm Crisis? Provided by the Purdue University.
Topics related to some of the difficulties currently facing farmers.
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