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Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.: This data product summarizes the extent of adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant genetically engineered crops in the United States. Data cover GE varieties of corn, cotton, and soybeans over the 2000-2009 period, by State.
July 1, 2009
Agricultural Baseline Database: The agricultural baseline database provides longrun, 10-year projections from USDA's annual long-term projections report. The database covers projections for major field crops (corn, sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, soybeans, and upland cotton), and livestock (beef, pork, poultry and eggs, and dairy).
February 12, 2009
Agricultural Baseline Tables: Longrun (10-year) projections for the U.S. agricultural sector. Includes assumptions for U.S. and foreign macroeconomic conditions and projections for major commodities, agricultural trade, farm income, and consumer food prices.
94005 February 12, 2009
Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: The Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property database identifies and describes U.S. utility patents on inventions in biotechnology and other biological processes—with issue dates between 1976 and 2000—that are used in food and agriculture. The database also provides information about the ownership of these patents, whether patents are held in the public or private sector, and changes in patent ownership due to firm mergers, acquisitions, and spinoffs. The database includes information on agricultural biotechnology utility patents, patent ownership information, and provides a system for technology classification. Besides containing more data (including data on individual patents) than the previous version of this product, the new version of this database also includes an interface to facilitate access to the data and allow customizable searches.
August 25, 2004
Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set: Contains annual and monthly data for exchange rates important to U.S. agriculture. Includes both nominal and real exchange rates for 80 countries (plus the European Union), as well as real trade-weighted exchange rate indexes for many commodities and aggregations.
October 20, 2009
Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators: Statistical Indicators previously published in Agricultural Outlook addressing a broad spectrum of agriculture-related issues. Includes commodity and food prices, general economic indicators, government program expenditures, farm income estimates, and trade and export statistics.
November 16, 2009
Agricultural Productivity in the United States: Increased productivity is the main contributor to growth in U.S. agriculture. This data set provides estimates of productivity growth in the U.S. farm sector over the period 1948-2006, and estimates of the growth and relative levels of productivity across the individual States for the 1960-2004 period.
January 13, 2009
Agricultural Research Funding in the Public and Private Sectors: Data for public and private funding of agricultural research and development cover the years 1970-2007 (public) and 1970-98 (private). Data are available as nominal figures and adjusted for inflation.
June 5, 2009
Agricultural Statistics: Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the diverse need for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs and returns, land resources, farm programs, crop insurance, crop loans, etc. The publication contains 10 years of U.S. data and 3 years of State data covering a wide variety of agricultural facts.
ZAG97-CD May 8, 2003 $$30.00
Agricultural Trade Multipliers: Agricultural trade multipliers provide estimates of employment and/or output effects of trade in farm and food products on the U.S. economy. These effects, when expressed as multipliers, reflect the amount of economic activity and/or jobs generated by agricultural exports. This data product offers two options through which to display agricultural trade multipliers: as pre-defined ERS estimates for the most recent calendar year available or as estimates generated by an interactive calculator that enables users to select their own basket of exports and/or apply a new set of trade margins to the commodity or basket of goods.
February 10, 2009
Americans and Food: This computer quiz contains 51 questions and answers on food-related topics ranging from fish consumption to fast food. The easy-to-understand questions and answers make the quiz an excellent teaching tool and presentation aid. Note: Requires DOS 3.3 or above and a minimum of 408 KB of available memory.
91002A July 1, 1996
Aquaculture Data: Aquaculture is the production of aquatic animals and plants under controlled conditions for all or part of their lifecycle. This data product provides statistics on domestically grown catfish and trout and U.S. imports and exports of fish and shellfish that may be products of aquaculture, such as salmon, shrimp, and oysters.
November 17, 2009
Bilateral Fiber and Textile Trade: The Uruguay Round's 1995 Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) mandated the phase-out of import quotas sanctioned for decades under agreements like the 1974 Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA). These quotas are scheduled for complete removal by 2005, and their elimination could bring significant changes in fiber and textile trade in the next few years. Having access to bilateral trade data across the various products within the fiber-textile sector lays the foundation for better understanding of trade patterns and can underpin analyses of potential changes as the policy environment evolves. This database provides information about source-destination trade flows among 42 exporting and importing country/regions on 43 commodities and product aggregates on an annual basis from 1992 through 2002.
August 27, 2004
China Agricultural and Economic Data: The China agricultural and economic database is a collection of agricultural-related data from official statistical publications of the People's Republic of China. Analysts and policy professionals around the world need information about the rapidly changing Chinese economy, but statistics are often published only in China and sometimes only in Chinese-language publications. This product assembles a wide variety of data items covering agricultural production, inputs, prices, food consumption, output of industrial products relevant to the agricultural sector, and macroeconomic data.
July 7, 2009
Commodity and Food Elasticities: The Commodity and Food Elasticities Database is a collection of elasticities from research on consumer demand published in working papers, dissertations, and peer-reviewed journals and as presented at professional conferences in the United States. Most of the literature is from U.S. academic and government research. The database allows queriable searches of income, expenditure, and own- and cross-price elasticities for specific commodities and countries, which can be ranked and sorted. The most fully covered countries are the United States and China, and the greatest number of demand studies are for vegetables, fruits, and grocery products such as coffee and ketchup.
September 16, 2009
Commodity Costs and Returns Data: USDA has estimated annual production costs and returns and published accounts for major field crop and livestock enterprises since 1975. Cost and return estimates are reported for the U.S. and major production regions for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, peanuts, oats, barley, sugarbeets, tobacco, milk, hogs, and cow-calf. These cost and return accounts are historical accounts based on the actual costs incurred by producers during each year.
October 1, 2009
Confined Animal and Manure Nutrient Data System: This system provides state and National data about confined animal numbers and associated manure nutrients. These data are based on analysis of the data collected for the 1982, 1987, 1992, and 1997 Censuses of Agriculture done by the Economic Research Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service in conjunction with the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
August 22, 2001
County Typology Codes: To provide policy-relevant information about diverse county conditions, ERS has developed county-level typology codes that capture differences in economic and social characteristics.
The 2004 County Typology Codes were developed for all 3,141 counties, county equivalents, and independent cities in the United States. Their primary function is to help differentiate among nonmetro counties, but metro counties are also coded.
The 2004 County Typology codes classify all U.S. counties according to six non-overlapping categories of economic dependence and seven overlapping categories of policy-relevant themes. The economic types include farming, mining, manufacturing, services, Federal/State government, and unspecialized counties. The policy types include housing stress, low education, low employment, persistent poverty, population loss, nonmetro recreation, and retirement destination. In addition, a code identifying counties with persistent child poverty is available.
For more information on the ERS county typology, see http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/rurality/typology/.
March 26, 2009
Creative Class County Codes: The creative class thesis—that towns need to attract engineers, architects, artists, and people in other creative occupations to compete in today's economy—may be particularly relevant to rural communities, which tend to lose much of their talent when young adults leave. The ERS creative class codes indicate a county's share of population employed in occupations that require "thinking creatively." A separate break-out of employment in the arts is also included. Data are provided for all counties in the U.S. for 1990 and 2000.
October 17, 2007
Dairy Yearbook Data tables: Annual data on production, supply, use of milk and manufactured dairy products; also includes wholesale and retail price indexes, prices received by farmers, milk production costs, and regional shares of U.S. milk production.
89032 September 21, 2005
Dry Edible Beans: These statistical tables include much of the known published data on U.S. dry beans. The data set contains annual time series data for U.S. acreage, production, prices (dealer and grower), crop value, per capita use, import, and export statistics by bean class (e.g. pinto, navy, black, kidney, small red, lima, Great Northern, etc.). World acreage, production, imports, and exports are also included.
86003 September 13, 2007
Dry Peas and Lentils: These statistical tables include much of the known published data on U.S. dry peas and lentils. Although USDA groups chickpea data with dry edible beans, some chickpea data is also included in this data product for the convenience of those preferring to group them with dry peas and lentils. The data set contains U.S. acreage, production, price, crop value, per capita use, import, and export statistics for a number of years. World acreage, production, imports, and exports are also included.
# 02001 May 16, 2006
Eating and Health Module (ATUS): The Eating & Health (EH) Module of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) collects data to analyze relationships among time use patterns and eating patterns, nutrition, and obesity; food and nutrition assistance programs; and grocery shopping and meal preparation. This data set can be used to measure where, when, and how long Americans eat, and also with whom they are eating. Estimates, analysis, and microdata files are available for 2006 and 2007 data.
June 15, 2009
Environmental Quality Incentives Program Data: Data provide an overview of the conservation practices being funded, estimates of unit costs for the most commonly contracted conservation practices, and a comparison of unit costs for different contract sizes. All results are presented at the national level, by ERS Farm Resource Regions, and for Farm Production Regions. A State-level breakdown of the allocation of EQIP funds is also provided. All data are available for two time periods, 1997-2000 and 2001-03.
October 17, 2005
ERS Data Page: Easier Access to More Data
The Data page of the ERS website (www.ers.usda.gov/data/) has recently been enhanced to better serve our users--the intensive users who need large files of data, as well as the occasional user who just needs a few numbers. The new, improved page showcases the scope and breadth of data available from ERS in an easy-to-navigate format. An indicators section gives key facts and figures; a calendar of releases lets you know what will become available when. A resource area provides easy access to plugins and readers for working with data, as well as mapping programs, the archive collection, Information Quality Guidelines, and a sign-up for notifications of new releases. The page is also designed to provide quick access to the most popular and featured ERS data products.
September 29, 2003
Farm Balance Sheet Data: Estimates are presented for the farm business balance sheets for the U.S. for 1960 to present and individual States for 1960 through 2003. The balance sheet includes component accounts for assets, debt, and equity, where equity equals assets minus debt.
August 27, 2009
Farm Business and Household Survey Data: Customized Data Summaries from ARMS: This data-delivery tool has been updated with 2007 crop production practices data for cotton, 2006 crop production practices data for rice and revisions to the 2006 crop production practices for soybeans. It also includes estimates of 2008 finances, structure, and characteristics of U.S. farm businesses and farm households. Use this interactive tool to create tailored reports on agricultural production technology, farm business and farm household viability, and the structure of U.S. agriculture from the latest ARMS data.
November 24, 2009
Farm Income Data: Estimates of farm sector income with component accounts: for the United States, 1910-2009; and for States, 1949-2008.
November 24, 2009
Farm Program Acres: This data product allows you to download and map county-level farm program and planted acreage data. Users can manipulate the data to illustrate the share of commodity base acreage planted to nine major program crops (corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, cotton, peanuts, and oilseeds).
July 21, 2008
Farmland and Cropland Concentration Measures: This data product provides a size measure (the acre-weighted median for cropland and for farmland) that reflects the increasing concentration of production on large farms. The acre-weighted median, here provided at the county level, is calculated by ordering farms from smallest to largest and picking the farm size at the middle acre (the standard median focuses on the middle farm). Half of all land is on farms smaller than the acre-weighted median, and half of land is on bigger farms.
November 1, 2007
Federal Funds Data, Fiscal Years 1994-2001: This product contains information from the Consolidated Federal Funds Reports (CFFR), U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Governments Division. ERS aggregated the data to the county, State, region, and national level and computed totals by function, object, and ERS county and State types. The data include over 1,000 individual programs and near 100 aggregations by function and object. Not all of the programs have reliable data at the county level. A disposition code is provided to indicate level of accuracy. ERS county and State typology codes are also included in the data.
ERS00100 May 16, 2005
Feed Grains Database: Interactive database that contains statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed grains), hay, and related items. Tables previously published annually in the Feed Yearbook are available and updated continuously as data are added to the database. Custom queries also allow users to retrieve historical data.
ERS88007B November 20, 2009
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program Database: The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) supports a broad spectrum of food and nutrition assistance research. ERS has compiled an electronic database of the hundreds of peer-reviewed reports and articles based on FANRP-supported research published at ERS and elsewhere. The database is searchable by title, lead author, topic, year of publication, and data set analyzed as well as by exact word(s) or phrases contained in the publication’s bibliographic citation.
September 19, 2008
Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System: Per capita food availability data compiled by USDA's Economic Research Service reflect the amount of food available for human consumption in the United States. This historical series measures the national food supply of several hundred foods, and it is the only source of time series data on food availability in the country.
March 11, 2009
Food Market Indicators: Overall statistics describing economic activity related to food production and distribution from the farm to the domestic or international consumer. The database provides information on the supply, demand, structure, and economic health of the U.S. food system and indicators that are useful in determining how well the system serves its consumers and producers.
October 17, 2003
Food Security in the United States: This product provides information about publicly available data from national surveys that include the U.S. Food Security Survey Module.
November 17, 2008
Food Security Status File: Survey of Program Dynamics: The Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) Food Security Status Files contain summary food security status information for households interviewed in the SPD in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Each file matches to the corresponding year's SPD data file at the household level. The SPD data files contain information on demographic and social characteristics for each member of interviewed households as well as data on all sources of income and assistance received from public assistance programs.
January 23, 2006
Food Security Supplement: Current Population Survey: The Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) is the source of national and State-level statistics on food insecurity and hunger reported by USDA in its series that Measures Food Security in the United States. Once each year, after answering the labor force questions, the same households are asked a series of questions (the Food Security Supplement) about food security, food expenditures, and use of food and nutrition assistance programs. Food security data have been collected by the CPS-FSS annually since 1995.
September 20, 2001
Food Security Supplement: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 Food Security Status File: The ECLS-K Food Security Status Data File contains summary food security status information for households of children in the 1998-1999 Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K).
May 4, 2007
Food Stamp Map Machine: To increase the ease and utility of public access to county-level food stamp data, ERS has developed the Food Stamp Program Map Machine. The interactive web-based mapping application allows users to create maps of any part of the country, displaying information about poverty levels, Food Stamp Program participation, and program benefits at the county level. The Map Machine also illustrates program participation dynamics, showing how caseloads are increasing in some counties and decreasing in others. The underlying data, from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, may be downloaded for use in investigations of how policy changes and local economic conditions affect program participation.
May 20, 2003
Foodborne Illness Cost Calculator: This interactive web-based tool allows users to estimate the cost of illness due to specific foodborne pathogens. The updated ERS cost estimate for Shiga-toxin producing E. coli O157 (STEC O157) was recently added to the Calculator in spring, 2008. Calculator users can now review and change the assumptions behind the ERS cost estimates for either STEC O157 or Salmonella. The assumptions that can be modified include the annual number of cases, the distribution of cases by severity, the use or costs of medical care, the amount or value of time lost from work, the costs of premature death, and the disutility costs for nonfatal cases. Users can also update the cost estimate for inflation for any year from 1997 to 2007.
May 22, 2009
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS): The Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) data page provides U.S. agricultural exports and imports, volume and value, by country and by commodity. Updated monthly or annually.
ERS93002 September 12, 2007
Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook Data tables: Annual data on acreage, production, trade, supply and utilization, prices, and value of production for fruit and nuts including citrus, other tree fruits, grapes and other small fruits; supply and utilization of processed fruit and fruit juices.
November 2, 2009
HACCP Survey Results: This data feature presents summary results from an ERS-sponsored survey of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) compliance and technology adoption in meat and poultry slaughter and processing.
November 21, 2003
Hamburger Doneness and Consumer Preferences: The Hamburger Doneness and Consumer Preferences data set forms part of an in-depth case study of the tradeoffs consumers face when making food safety behavior changes. The 1996 data for 1,800 households are in ASCII format, along with technical documentation on how to use them and the questionnaire.
June 14, 2002
How Much Do Americans Pay for Fruits and Vegetables?: In this data product, ERS has calculated total pounds or pints purchased at retail, total dollars spent, average retail price, serving size, servings per pound or pint, and dollars per serving for each form of 57 fruits and vegetables. This collection of spreadsheets contain all the data used in the report and are presented to show exactly how ERS arrived at the costs per serving figures. Each table also includes a short narrative that complements the statistics for each fruit and vegetable, detailing the nutritional benefits of each fruit and vegetable and divulging little known facts (or trivia) as well. This information should provide users with a clearer understanding of the costs of produce, the nutrient density of most fruits and vegetables, and their contributions to a healthy diet.
August 6, 2004
International Baseline Data: International long-term projections indicate supply, demand, and trade for major agricultural commodities for selected countries. These projections provide foreign country detail supporting USDA's annual long-term projections report.
April 14, 2009
International Food Consumption Patterns: This database presents expenditures on eight different food subcategories, and price and income elasticities for nine major consumption categories and eight food subcategories across 114 countries.
October 6, 2003
International Macroeconomic Data Set: Provides data for real Gross Domestic Product, population, real exchange rates, and other variables for the 35 countries and 22 regions that are most important for U.S. agricultural trade.
November 9, 2009
Interstate Livestock Movements Data: The interstate livestock movements data set is a one-time collection (2001) of annual shipment data compiled from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and State animal health departments. The data include total numbers of cattle, hogs, and sheep shipped into States (10 years of annual data from NASS), as well as an annual approximation of state-to-state and regional livestock flows from State animal health departments.
June 26, 2003
Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data: This data product announces USDA's monthly release of calendar year, fiscal year, year-to-date, and monthly value of U.S. agricultural exports, imports, and trade balance.
November 13, 2009
Livestock and Meat Trade Data: The Livestock and Meat Trade Data Set contains monthly and annual data for imports and exports of live cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats, as well as beef and veal, pork, lamb and mutton, chicken meat, turkey meat, and eggs. The tables report physical quantities, not dollar values or unit prices. Data on beef and veal, pork, and lamb and mutton are on a carcass-weight-equivalent basis. Breakdowns by country are included.
November 16, 2009
Major Land Uses: This data series contains estimates for major land uses in the United States, by State, for 1945-2002. The series is the only consistent historical accounting of major land uses, public and private, in all 50 States. The latest inventory of U.S. major land uses finds that total cropland area in 2002 was 442 million acres, its lowest level since 1945. Several other classes and subclasses of land are considered, including forest, pasture and range, urban, and miscellaneous and special uses such as parks and recreational areas. The annual cropland portion of the series has been consistently maintained since 1910 and has recently been updated through 2006.
89003 December 21, 2007
Meat Price Spreads: This data set provides monthly average price values, and the differences among those values, at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages of the production and marketing chain for selected cuts of beef, pork, and broilers. In addition, retail prices are provided for beef and pork cuts, turkey, whole chickens, eggs, and dairy products.
November 18, 2009
Monthly Milk Cost of Production: Monthly milk cost of production estimates are available by State from January 2003 to the previous month.
November 25, 2009
Natural Amenities Scale: The Natural Amenities Scale is a measure of the physical characteristics of a county area that enhance the location as a place to live. The index was constructed by combining six measures of climate, typography, and water area that reflect environmental qualities most people prefer. These measures are warm winter, winter sun, temperate summer, low summer humidity, topographic variation, and water area. The data are available for counties in the lower 48 States. The file contains the original measures and standardized scores for each county as well as the amenities scale.
March 13, 2001
Normalized Prices: The Economic Research Service (ERS) annually calculates normalized prices for evaluating alternative development and management plans for water and related land resources. Normalized prices smooth out the effects of short-term fluctuations so that plans can be evaluated on a more realistic basis rather than using current prices, which may be lower or higher than normal because of short-lived phenomena.
September 1, 2009
Oil Crops Yearbook Data tables: Oilseed, oilmeal, and fats and oils supply and use statistics. Includes oilseed acreage, yield, and production estimates and farm and wholesale price series.
89002 March 23, 2009
Organic Prices: This data set provides farmgate and wholesale prices for select organic and conventional fruits and vegetables, wholesale prices for organic and conventional poultry (broilers) and eggs, as well as f.o.b. and spot prices for organic grain and feedstuffs. Prices are based on those reported by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Market News, Organic Food Business News, and USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
May 28, 2009
Organic Production: Organic farming has been one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture for over a decade and all 50 States in the U.S. had some certified organic farmland. This data set surveys organic operations and acreage for crops and livestock (over 40 commodities), at both the national and State levels. Data updated in April 2009 include the number of certified operations by State, for 2000-07.
April 15, 2009
Phytosanitary Regulation of the Entry of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables into the United States: This data product identifies which countries, under phytosanitary rules issued by USDA's Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service, are eligible to export to the United States the fresh fruits and vegetables that are most important in the American diet. Data on the absolute and relative importance of these countries in international fruit and vegetable production and trade, individually and in aggregate, are included. Exporting countries are also classified according to income level.
August 24, 2009
Plant Breeding Research and Development: Based on a 1994 national plant breeding study conducted by Dr. Ken Frey of Iowa State University, this data product provides the level of plant breeding effort (in terms of staff years and estimated expenditures) in the U.S. by academia and the public and private sector. The study is a comprehensive accounting of national plant breeding efforts, and provides the only national benchmark to compare current and/or future efforts and developments in this critically important area of research. In an effort to compare and update the information in the 1994 study, a follow-up study was done to describe U.S. plant breeding investment in 2001.
June 20, 2007
Population Interaction Zones for Agriculture (PIZA): This data product provides information useful for projections of future changes in land use. ERS has created a system to classify remaining farmland into "population-interaction zones for agriculture" (PIZA). The PIZA codes are derived from a classification scheme that indexes small geographic areas (the contiguous 48 States divided up into five-kilometer grid cells) according to the size and proximity of population concentrations. These "population-interaction indexes" are designed to provide a cardinal measure of the potential interaction between nearby urban-related population and agricultural production activities in each grid cell.
June 1, 2005
Poultry Yearbook Data tables: Monthly and annual data on production, supply, disappearance, prices, and costs for eggs, broilers, other chickens, and turkeys.
89007B August 30, 2006
Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer: ERS compares the prices paid by consumers for food with the prices received by farmers for their corresponding commodities. This data product has 2 components: (1) the marketing bill provides a composite estimate of the value added to agricultural products by the food marketing system for all types of food, and (2) at-home foods by commodity group compares farm and retail prices for foods belonging to each of several commodity groups.
August 28, 2009
Procurement and Contracting by Organic Handlers: The Procurement and Contracting by Organic Handlers database contains select results from the 2004 and 2007 Nationwide Surveys of Organic Manufacturers, Processors, and Distributors. The surveys covered a variety of topics related to the procurement and contracting of organic products and ingredients. Data are available on 9 commodity groups, such as fruit and nuts, and 45 commodities, such as berries and citrus. In 2007, the procurement data include information from 1,013 facilities; the contracts data include information from 620 facilities that use contracts.
August 7, 2009
Profiles of America: Profiles of America: Demographic Data and Graphic Builder, uses interactive tools to create maps, tables, and charts that display information on demographic trends, industrial structure, and the economic well-being of rural and urban communities. The program allows users to analyze rural and urban differences at the national, State, and county levels and provides useful information to community leaders, Federal officials, and researchers.
November 2, 2004
Red Meat Yearbook Data tables: Monthly and annual data on livestock slaughter and meat production and prices; inventories of cattle, hogs, and sheep; and meat supply and utilization.
ERS94006 April 12, 2006
Regional Agricultural Profiles System: The Regional Agricultural Profiles System is a retrieval, aggregation, and presentation tool for 2002 Census of Agriculture data. The system allows users to query selected variables from the Census and view the results in maps, charts, and tables. Broad variable categories include basic farm characteristics, agricultural land use, crop and livestock production, sales of farm products, and government payments. The system also allows two common regional aggregations: USDA Farm Production Regions and ERS Farm Resource Regions.
July 25, 2008
Retail Scanner Prices for Meat: Average monthly weighted retail price data for selected cuts of red meat and poultry based on electronic supermarket scanner data. While not based on a random sample, the raw data underlying the database are from supermarkets across the United States that account for approximately 20 percent of U.S. supermarket sales. This data set supplements similar data supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Currently, BLS data are used to derive ERS published price spreads from farm to retail.
December 20, 2004
Rice Yearbook Data tables: U.S. rice production, supply, disappearance, trade, and price data. Includes state acreage, yield, and production data; U.S. and world price series; and program statistics. Contains world supply and use estimates as well.
89001 January 17, 2008
RIDGE Project Summaries Database: The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics Program (RIDGE) summarizes research findings of projects that were awarded grants in a given year. This database allows users to obtain a customized list of RIDGE projects and summaries, and to search by keywords, project, research center, investigator, or year. The database has been updated to include the 2007 project summaries.
October 10, 2008
Rural Definitions: Most Americans share a common image of rural—open countryside and small towns at some distance from large urban centers—but not a common consensus on where and how to draw the line between rural and urban. Dozens of definitions are currently used by federal and State agencies, researchers, and policy makers. The ERS Rural Definition data product allows users to make comparisons among nine representative rural definitions, for the U.S. as a whole and for individual States. We include socioeconomic indicators (population, education, poverty, etc.) that are commonly used to highlight differences between urban and rural areas. Three display options are available: national and state indicator tables; state-level maps; and an interactive mapping utility.
September 4, 2007
Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes: The rural-urban commuting area codes (RUCA) classify U.S. census tracts using measures of urbanization, population density, and daily commuting from the decennial census. The classification contains two levels. Whole numbers (1-10) delineate metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, and rural commuting areas based on the size and direction of the tracts' largest commuting flows. These 10 codes are further subdivided to permit stricter or looser delimitation of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan settlement, based on secondary commuting flows. Codes for 2000 and 1990 census tracts are available.
March 17, 2005
Rural/Urban Continuum Codes: The Rural-urban Continuum Codes allow researchers working with county data to break such data into finer residential groups beyond a simple metro-nonmetro dichotomy, particularly for the analysis of trends in nonmetro areas that may be related to degree of rurality and metro proximity. The codes form a classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan (metro) counties by the population size of their metro area, and nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) counties by degree of urbanization and adjacency to a metro area or areas. The metro and nonmetro categories have been subdivided into three metro and six nonmetro groupings, resulting in a nine-part county codification. Data available for 2003, 1993, 1983 and 1974.
RUCC August 7, 2003
Season-Average Price Forecasts: A futures-price forecasting model is used to provide season-average price forecasts for corn, soybeans, and wheat. In addition to the monthly forecasts for prices received, the model computes a forecast for the counter-cyclical payment rate for each commodity. The 2002 Farm Act provides for counter-cyclical payments when prices are below specified levels.
November 10, 2009
State Export Data: Annual estimates of U.S. exports by State and commodity group based on each States' share of U.S. agricultural production. These ERS estimates are based on two key sources of data. Export data are national-level Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) data from USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, which are not separable by State. ERS also uses State-level historical production data from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to determine State export shares for U.S. crops and livestock. Using these approximations, a State that is the largest producer of an agricultural commodity will also account for the largest share of U.S. exports of that commodity. Compared with other estimates, these estimates of State of export origin tend to be more accurate for agricultural commodities and do not inflate the relative exports from port States or undercount those of inland States.
June 30, 2009
State Fact Sheets: The ERS State Fact Sheets contain frequently requested data for each State and for the total United States. These include current data on population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top agricultural commodities, top export commodities, and the top counties in agricultural sales. The latest State data (2008) on farm income and top commodities are available.
August 28, 2009
Sugar and Sweetener Yearbook Data tables: U.S. and world data on acreage, yield, and production of sugar crops; production, trade, supply and use, and prices for sugar; and supply and use data for caloric and non-caloric sweeteners.
89019 June 4, 2007
Trends in Extension Staffing: Data page for information on level and allocation of Extension staffing by State, delivered through spreadsheets.
October 7, 2002
U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update: Provides a monthly update of year-to-date quantities and values of U.S. agricultural exports and imports. Also provides data on leading destination countries for exports and import source countries.
November 16, 2009
U.S. Asparagus Statistics: U.S. and State data on acreage, yield, production, price, crop value, and per capita disappearance (use) for fresh and processing asparagus. Other statistics include U.S. trade by product and country, farm numbers, world area, production, and trade.
September 24, 2008
U.S. Bell and Chile Pepper Statistics: U.S. and State data on acreage, yield, production, price, and value for bell peppers and chile peppers, as well as U.S. imports/exports by country, per capita use, and fertilizer use on peppers. Additional statistics on planting/harvesting dates, world harvested area, production, producer prices, and trade are also included.
November 13, 2008
U.S. Blueberry Industry: Annual data on U.S. and State harvested acreage, yield, production, prices, crop value, trade, and per capita use of blueberries. Also includes monthly data on shipments, imports, and exports, and world data on production and trade.
February 19, 2009
U.S. Broccoli Statistics: Contains data covering the economics of the U.S. fresh and processing broccoli industry. Time series data covers U.S. and State area, yield, production, prices, value as well as U.S. trade by country, per capita use (disappearance), and usual harvesting dates and varieties by State. Also included are data series for world area and production and world trade by country.
June 12, 2009
U.S. Cabbage Statistics: Annual data, on U.S. and State acreage, yield, and production of fresh cabbage and cabbage sauerkraut. Also includes monthly prices and price spreads; estimated production costs; and world acreage and production by country.
94008 May 16, 2008
U.S. Cantaloup Statistics: U.S. and State data on acreage, yield, production, price, and value for cantaloup. Additional statistics include supply and disappearance, per capita use, shipments, arrivals, U.S. exports and imports by country, usual planting and harvesting dates, agricultural chemical use, world production, area, and trade, and more.
02002 July 29, 2009
U.S. Carrot Statistics: U.S. and State data on acreage, yield, production, price, and value for fresh and processing carrots. Additional statistics include supply and disappearance, per capita use, price indexes, shipments, arrivals, U.S. exports and imports by country, usual planting and harvesting dates, agricultural chemical use, world production, area, and trade, and more.
July 20, 2009
U.S. Fertilizer Imports/Exports: This product provides U.S. annual data on imports and exports of selected fertilizer types. The data cover imports and exports from 1995 to 2008 and exports from 1990 to 2008 for 26 major fertilizer products and materials, and for 82 major trading countries.
April 6, 2009
U.S. Fertilizer Use and Price: This product brings together 1960-2008 data on fertilizer consumption in the United States by plant nutrient and major selected product, as well as consumption of mixed fertilizers, secondary nutrients, and micronutrients. Share of crop area receiving fertilizer and fertilizer use per receiving acre, by nutrient, are presented for the major producing States for corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat. Additional data include fertilizer farm prices and indices of wholesale fertilizer price.
November 20, 2008
U.S. Food Imports: U.S. consumers demand variety, quality, and convenience in the foods they consume. As Americans have become wealthier and more ethnically diverse, the American food basket reflects a growing share of tropical products, spices, and imported gourmet products. This data set provides import values of edible products (food and beverages) entering U.S. ports and their origin of shipment. Food and beverage import values are compiled by calendar year into food groups corresponding to major commodities or level of processing.
August 6, 2009
U.S. Lettuce Statistics: Contains data covering the economics of the U.S. lettuce industry. Time-series data covers State and U.S. area, yield, production, prices, value as well as U.S. trade by country, per capita use, varieties, planting and harvesting dates, and fertilizer use on lettuce. Data series for world area, production, producer prices, and trade are also included.
94008 November 15, 2007
U.S. Mushroom Industry: U.S. and state data on mushroom area, yield, production, price, value, sales, and use. Other series reported include trade by product by country, various price series, and world production.
94003 September 9, 2009
U.S. Onion Statistics: Comprehensive data on U.S. onion production, stocks, imports and exports, consumption, and prices. Includes acreage, yield, production, and value data for major producing States and onion acreage, production, and trade statistics for 40 countries and the world.
94013 July 2, 2007
U.S. Potato Statistics: U.S. and State data on U.S. potato production and disposition by State and season, including acreage, yield, production sold, value of sales, and sales per harvested acre.
91011 January 18, 2008
U.S. Strawberry Industry: Annual data on U.S. and State harvested acreage, yield, and production of strawberries. Also includes monthly prices (grower and retail), disappearance, frozen stocks, supply and utilization, monthly imports and exports, selected world data on supply and production.
95003 February 19, 2009
U.S. Sweet Corn Statistics: This data product contains Excel spreadsheets covering the economics of the U.S. fresh and processing sweet corn industry. Time series data covers State and U.S. area, yield, production, prices, value as well as U.S. trade by country, per capita use, and recent cost of production budgets for selected states. Data series for world area, production, and trade are also included.
July 16, 2008
U.S. Sweet Potato Statistics: U.S. and State data on sweet potato acreage, yield, production, and value. Other statistical series include U.S. per capita use, price indexes, shipments, arrivals, exports and imports by country, and selected cost of production. World acreage, production, exports, and imports are also included.
03001 May 27, 2008
U.S. Tomato Statistics: U.S. and State tomato data include acreage, yield, production, price, and value broken out by fresh and processing. Covers monthly retail and grower prices and price indexes, U.S. trade volume and value, and agricultural chemical use. Also includes world area, production, producer price, and trade by country.
92010 November 7, 2007
U.S. Watermelon Industry: Includes data on number of farms, U.S. and state acreage, yield, production, prices, and crop value; per capita consumption; U.S. trade; U.S. grades, varieties, planting and harvesting dates; world area, production, and trade; and more.
89029 July 9, 2009
Urban Influence Codes: ERS announces the release of the 2003 Urban Influence Codes, which classify U.S. counties by size of each county’s largest town and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas. This scheme allows researchers to break county data down into smaller residential groups than metro, micro, and nonmetro. This is particularly useful for the analysis of trends in nonmetro areas that are related to population density and metro influence. The codes divide the Nation's 3,141 counties, county equivalents, and independent cities into 12 groups.
November 17, 2003 $$35.00
USDA Section 502 Housing Survey Data: The data available here are from the only nationwide survey of participants in USDA's Section 502 Single Family Direct Loan Housing Program. The survey was designed to provide information on the characteristics of the low-income rural residents who benefit from this program. All respondents who answered the survey questions were borrowers on a current Section 502 single-family direct loan taken from Rural Development administrative records. Data reported here are based on the responses of the borrower participating in the telephone interview. No distinctions are made between a primary or secondary borrower.
February 11, 2002
Vegetable and Melons Yearbook Data tables: Production, acreage, value, prices, imports, exports, and per capita utilization for major fresh market and processed vegetables. Also includes data for potatoes, sweet potatoes, dry beans and peas, and fresh and processed mushrooms.
89011 May 14, 2009
Western Irrigated Agriculture: This data product summarizes the farm-structural characteristics for irrigated farms in the 17 Western States based on USDA's 1998 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.
May 28, 2004
Wheat Data: This data product contains statistics on wheat - including the five classes of wheat: hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, white, and durum - and rye. Includes data published in the monthly Wheat Outlook and previously annual Wheat Yearbook. Data are monthly, quarterly, and/or annual depending upon the data series.
November 20, 2009
WTO Agricultural Trade Policy Commitments Database: At the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations in 1995, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) established a broad set of rules and disciplines in the Agreement on Agriculture, governing three key areas affecting agricultural trade policy: domestic support, export subsidies, and market access. This database contains data on implementation of agricultural policy commitments by WTO members. Export subsidy data indicate the type of export subsidies, expenditures on export subsidies, and the quantity of subsidized exports during a given year by WTO members. Domestic support data detail the type and amount of support WTO members have provided annually. Market access data contain information on tariff commitments and their implementation by presenting bound tariff levels and tariff-rate quotas agreed to in the Uruguay Round, as well as applied annual tariff rates (i.e., the tariff rates published by national customs authorities for duty administration purposes).
March 5, 2009

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