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Milling: Research & Statistics
Databases
  AGRICOLA, through COS
A bibliographic database containing selective worldwide coverage of agriculture and related fields from 1970 to the present. Contains over 3.3 million records of journal articles, theses, patents, software & technical reports. Registration required.
  GrainGenes: A database for Triticeae and Avena
GrainGenes is a database for small grains and sugarcane that is being created as part of the USDA Agricultural Research Services' (ARS) Plant Genome Research Project. This site provides access to the GrainGenes database.
  NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
An online tool for browsing agricultural & biological concepts & terminology. It is used for NAL's journal article database, AGRICOLA, & by the Food Safety Research Information Office (FSIRO) and Agricultural Network Information Center (AgNIC) systems.
  NationMaster
A compilation of data from from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, and UN and OECD publications. The site contains an encyclopedia )with authoritative, full text, linked entries on cereals, grains, milling, ethanol, bioplastics and so on) and a section containing statistics. The statistics are split into categories. The category for agriculture contains statistics and graphs related to agriculture including cereal production, production and consumption of specific grains, etc. In addition to interactively generating charts and maps on a number of topics, the site's scripting language allows users to select from the more than 600 statistical variables available to create customized charts.
  Oasis Database
The database contains information on all research funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at BBSRC-sponsored institutes, universities and Higher Education Institutes and other research institutions in the United Kingdom.
  Production, Supply & Distribution (PS&D) Online
This database contains current and historical official USDA data on production, supply and distribution of agricultural commodities for the United States and key producing and consuming countries. Users may select from a menu of pre-defined tables categorized by commodity or commodity group , or create custom queries for specific commodities, attributes and/or countries
   
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