Discussion Groups

There are many agricultural discussion groups on the internet covering a wide range of topics. Discussion groups operate via e-mail. Servers called Listserv's receive and distribute postings. When you subscribe your name gets added to the mailing list.

If you wish to post to the discussion group you only need send one e-mail and the listserv will send it out to all the members.

Subscribing to newsgroups is a simple and painless process, not to mention free! Remember someone else is paying for all those e-mails so try and respect that. Most groups have help files which shouold be read before posting for the first time.

AGENG-L

AGENG-l discusses all areas of agricultural engineering as well as farm planning.

To subscribe send an e-mail to mailto:listserv@gwdg.de

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe ageng-l Your Name

AGENVR-L

Agriculture Environmental Issues Discussion

This group discusses organic farming, sustainable agriculture and vegeterianism.

To subscribe send an e-mail to majordomo@io.com

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe AGENVR-L Your Name

AGLAW-L

Discusses Agricultural Law

To subscribe send an e-mail to LISTSERV@LAWLIB.WUACC.EDU

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe aglaw-l Your Name

AGNEWS

Agricultural News

To subscribe send an e-mail toLISTSERV@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe AGNEWS Your Name

AGRIC-L

General Agricultural Discussion Group

To subscribe send an e-mail to listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe AGRIC-L Your Name

Dairy-l

Dairy-l discusses a wide range of dairy issues right across the spectrum. Topics tend to orientate mainly around the feeding and health of dairy cows. Discusions are based mainly around the American / Canadian confinment system.

To subscribe send an e-mail to listserv@umdd.umd.edu

In the body of the e-mail type: SUB Dairy-L firstname lastname

Mark Varner co-moderator of dairy-l has a Web Page

Dairy New

DairyNew is an e-mail distribution network intended as a companion for Dairy-L. DairyNew handles longer items, like newsletters.

To subscribe send an e-mail to listserve@umdd.umd.edu

In the body of the e-mail type: SUB DairyNew firstname lastname

E-Dairy

E-dairy Discusion Group is a mailing list for dairy topics.Some Topics include Dairy Management and Nutrition,Genetics,Late breaking News to Dairy Farmers, US Dairy Policy, Farms for Sale, Dispersals, Feed For Sale, Rip Offs, and more.

Complete infomation on e-dairy can be obtained by sending "info e-dairy" to majordomo@majordomo.net.

E-dairy averages 34 posts per day (238 posts per week).

E-dairy also has a web page.

Goats

To subscribe send an e-mail to: listproc@listproc.wsu.edu

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe goats firstname lastname

Graze-l

Graze-l discusses intensive rotational grazing and seasonal grazing. This newsgroup is based in New Zealand and has a definite international feel to it.

To subscribe send an e-mail to: Majordomo@taranaki.ac.nz

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe graze-l

Graze-l also has a Web Page.

NZGraze-l

For the discussion of NZ Style Intensive rotational grazing and seasonal dairying

To subscribe send an e-mail to: Majordomo@taranaki.ac.nz

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe nzgraze-l

Sheep-l

To subscribe send an e-mail to: listserv@listserv.uu.se

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe sheep-l firstname lastname

Small Farms List

This list identifies small farm contacts, small and mid-size farmers, and others in the public and private sectors including community based organizations, foundations, who are interested in strengthening the capacity of small and mid-size farmers to improve their income levels through a system's approach addressing the needs of the small farm community.

To subscribe send an e-mail to: majordomo@reeusda.gov

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe smallfarm-mg

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