At-Home Foods by Commodity Group
ERS compares farm and retail prices for foods belonging to each of several commodity groups. Use the links below to select commodity group data:
Fruits and vegetables
- For a fresh fruit market basket and a fresh vegetables market basket, ERS estimates both farm share and the farm-to-retail price spread. Both baskets are based on what households bought at retail food stores in 1999-2003.
- Data for individual fresh foods can be found in ERS's Vegetables
and Melons Situation and Outlook Yearbook as well as in
the Fruit
and Tree Nut Situation and Outlook Yearbook.
- For processed foods, ERS makes comparisons for a processed fruits and vegetables market basket, based on what households bought in 1982-84, as well as for a few individual foods.
Dairy
- Farm share and the farm-to-retail price spread are calculated for a dairy market basket based on what households bought in 1982-84.
- ERS also estimates farm share for a few individual foods derived from raw milk.
Field crops
- For foods produced from major field crops, such as corn, soybeans and wheat, ERS estimates farm share and the farm-to-retail price spread for a fats and oils market basket and a cereals and bakery market basket. Both baskets are based on what households bought at retail food stores in 1982-84.
- ERS also estimates farm share for a few individual foods derived from field crops.
Meat products and eggs
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