Cost Implications of Participant Product Selection in USDA’s WIC Program

Requiring least-expensive brand selection: An analysis of potential food-cost savings for WIC

SNAP Impacts on the Rural and Urban Economies After the Great Recession

SNAP outlays in 2009-14 had larger impacts on the rural—compared to urban—economy when measured as shares of output and employment

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Commodity Costs and Returns

Cost and return estimates for 12 major U.S. crop, livestock, and dairy commodities from 1975 to 2020

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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: September 2021

Supply-and-demand conditions and projections in the U.S. fruit and tree nuts markets, examines U.S. imports and almond market

Packaged chicken in a grocery store display.

The Market for Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics, 2012-17

Scanner and food label data show rise in household purchases of chicken products raised without antibiotics

ERS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources

Economic implications for agriculture, food, and rural America

COVID-19 Working Paper: Filling the Pandemic Meal Gap: Disruptions to Child Nutrition Programs and Expansion of Free Meal Sites in the Early Months of the Pandemic

Cost Implications of Participant Product Selection in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Impact of USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Rural and Urban Economies in the Aftermath of the Great Recession

COVID-19 Working Paper: Meatpacking Working Conditions and the Spread of COVID-19

The Market for Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics, 2012–17

Vegetables and Pulses Yearbook Tables

Yearbook tables contain a time series of annual per capita supply and use data for fresh and processed vegetables and for dry pulse crops. Included are U.S. production, exports, imports, per capita utilization, and prices.

Food Price Outlook

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food is probably the most widely used indicator of changes in retail food prices. ERS regularly updates food price forecasts for the short-term period.

State Fact Sheets

Information on population, income, poverty, food security, education, employment, farm indicators, and more.

Charts of Note

Distributed Monday-Friday to highlight charts of interest from our current and past research.

Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials

The basics on food, farming, and rural America, in a set of around 70 charts and maps.

Data Visualizations

Explore interactive graphs, charts and maps.

Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America

View the diversity of challenges and opportunities across America's counties.

The Food Access Research Atlas

Users can create maps showing food access indicators by census tract using different measures and indicators of supermarket accessibility, such as income, distance, and vehicle availability.