Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer: At-Home Foods by Commodity Group

Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer Marketing Bill At-Home Foods by Commodity Group • Documentation

ERS compares farm and retail prices for foods belonging to each of several commodity groups. Click to select data for:

• Dairy
• Fruits and vegetables
• Field crops
• Meat products and eggs

Dairy

• ERS calculates farm share and the farm-to-retail price spread for a dairy market basket based on household purchass for at-home consumption. The current series is based on household purchases in 2003. The old series, based on purchases in 1982-84, is also available.
  
  
• ERS also estimates farm share for some individual foods derived from raw milk.
  

Dairy Market Data
	Milk and dairy basket
	Butter	Steps Behind Calculations
	Cheddar cheese	Steps Behind Calculations
	Ice cream	Steps Behind Calculations
	Whole milk	Steps Behind Calculations

Fruits and vegetables

• For a fresh fruit market basket and a fresh vegetable market basket, ERS estimates both farm share and the farm-to-retail price spread. The current data series is based on household purchases for at-home consumption in 1999-2003. The old series, based on purchases in 1982-84, is also available for fresh fruits and fresh vegetables.



• ERS also estimates farm share for individual fresh fruits and fresh vegetables.




Fresh Fruit Data Fresh fruit basket Fresh apples Fresh oranges Fresh grapefruit Fresh peaches Fresh grapes Fresh pears Fresh lemons Fresh strawberries

Fresh Vegetable Data Fresh vegetables basket Fresh broccoli Fresh lettuce, iceberg Fresh potatoes Fresh tomatoes




• For processed foods, ERS makes comparisons for a processed fruit and vegetable market basket, based on what households bought in 1982-84, as well as for some individual foods.
  
  

 

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 household purchases at retail foodstores in 1982-84.
  
  
• ERS also estimates farm share for a few individual foods derived from field crops.

Field Crops Market Basket Data
	Fats and oils basket
	Cereals and bakery basket
	Individual foods

Meat products and eggs

• ERS’s Market and Trade Economics Division uses a different method to calculate monthly price spread data for beef, pork, broilers, turkeys, and eggs.