Agriculture and Natural Resources

Agricultural Weather and Climate

• National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Wisconsin
  • National Crop Weather


• Wisconsin-Minnesota Cooperative Extension Agricultural Weather Information


• US Department of Agriculture
  • Weather and Climate
  • Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
  • Global Climate Change


• Wisconsin Weather and Climate Synopsis by County (Univ. of Kentucky)


• WI-MN Cooperative Extension Agricultural Weather
  • Volunteer Weather Observers around Wisconsin
  • Solar Radiation Data


• US Naval Observatory
  • Sunrise/sunset times, seasons, and lunar information
  • Official US Time


• Global Vegetation Health - NOAA/NESDIS


• US Vegetation Health - NOAA/NESDIS


• Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles


• US Extreme Minimum Temperature Map


• Precision Agriculture, Lawn, & Garden Weather Forecasts by County


• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO)
  • Climate Impact on Agriculture (Climpag)
  • Statistics Division

Soil

• Soil Climate Analysis Network


• National Soil Moisture on our Water Systems page


• National Soil Temperature Map (seasonal) (Requires PDF Reader)

Growing Degree Days

• Long-term variations of Modified Growing Degree Days (base 50°F, ceiling 86°F) Statewide and:
  

  Northwest	North central	Northeast
  West central	Central	East central
  Southwest	South central	Southeast

Plants

• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and Explanation


• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Field Crops Reports
  • Crop Production
  • Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates for US Field Crops
  
  
• Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles


• Ecological Site Information System (ESIS)
• Forage
  • University of Wisconsin
    Forage Research and Extension
    Pastures for Profit (a pdf file)
  • US Dept. of Agriculture
    NRCS National Range and Pasture Handbook
• Web Soil Survey

Livestock

• Heat stress graphs for a variety of animals, provided Iowa State University:
   Background
  • For cattle
  • For swine
  • For laying hens
  • For 15-week hen turkey
• Description of cattle stress model from Oklahoma

Conservation

• National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Wisconsin
  • Climate
  • Wind Rose Data
  • National Water and Climate Center
 
• US Forest Service (USDA) - Eastern Region


• National Atlas - Environment


• US Environmental Protection Agency - Water (Wisconsin is in region 5)

Energy

• National Association of State Energy Officials


• Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy