Production Data Sources
Farm Income and Costs of Production Data Sources
Agricultural and Consumer Prices and Food Consumption Data Sources
Trade Data Sources
Federal Agencies Home Pages
State-Specific Data Sources
 

Production Data Sources

• National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA:

• Census of Agriculture: http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/

• “Quick Stats,” searchable database: U.S., state and county level agricultural statistics for many commodities and data series. Quick Stats offers the ability to query by commodity, state(s) and year(s). The query dataset can be downloaded to a database or spreadsheet. http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/

• Historical production data (from 1987 on): http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/histdata.htm

• Publications, Index: Reports by Commodities and related items. Annual summaries and monthly reports on production, acreage and crop value by state: http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/estindx.htm

• Links to each state Agricultural Statistics Service: http://www.usda.gov/nass/sso-rpts.htm

• Publications, Agricultural Statistics: published each year, with national and state data on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs and returns. http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/agstats.htm (documents in pdf format)

• Publications, Agricultural Charts and Maps, a collection of graphics on production, prices, inputs, expenditures and census data: http://www.usda.gov/nass/aggraphs/graphics.htm

• Economics Research Service, USDA:

• Briefing Room offers an in-depth discussion synthesizing ERS research and the economic issues that frame the analysis. Also contains recent ERS research developments, readings and data, questions and answers, and a collection of other ERS products and services addressing the issue: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/

Farm Income and Costs of Production Data Sources

• Economics Research Service, USDA:

• Farm Income: forecast, national and state net value added, net cash income, cash receipts, government payments, production expenses, capital replacement costs, number of farms, land in farms and real estate values. Data downloadable as worksheets from pull down menus: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/farmincome/finfidmu.htm

• Agricultural Outlook: The statistical indicators formerly provided in Agricultural Outlook magazine are updated regularly. These tables include data on individual commodities, the general economy, agricultural trade, farm income and expenses, farm prices, food prices and expenditures and other statistical indicators of the food and agriculture system: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/Agoutlook/AOTables/

• Natural Resources Inventory & Analysis Institute, USDA. Regional Budget and Cost Information is a webpage that links to each state’s costs of production studies: http://waterhome.brc.tamus.edu/care/budgets/index.html

• National Ag-Risk Education Library, University of Minnesota. A searchable database of costs of production studies by commodity and by region: http://www.agrisk.umn.edu/Budgets/

• Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA:

• AMS Market News: information on price and sales of farm commodities. Reports include information on prices, volume, quality, condition and other market data on farm products in specific markets and marketing areas. Reports cover both domestic and international markets. The data is disseminated within hours of collection via the Internet and made available through electronic means, in printed reports, by telephone recordings and through the news media: http://www.ams.usda.gov/marketnews.htm

• Economics Research Service, USDA:

• Food market indicators: provide overall statistics describing economic activity related to food production and distribution from the farm to the consumer (domestic or international). The database provides information on the supply, demand, structure and economic health of the U.S. food system: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodMarketIndicators/

• Food Consumption Data System: amount of food available for consumption and data on nutrient availability in the food supply and on daily per capita food servings: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/foodconsumption/

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor:

• Consumer Price Index: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm

Trade Data Sources

• Economics Research Service, USDA:

• Outlook Reports: supply, use, prices and trade for selected commodities, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries, on a monthly and annual basis, including Yearbooks. Available commodities: cotton and wool, feed, floriculture and nursery crops, fruits and tree nuts, livestock dairy and poultry, oil crops, rice, sugar and sweeteners, tobacco, vegetables and melons, and wheat. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/Outlook/

• Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA:

• Attaché Reports, searchable database by commodity or by country: http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/attacherep/default.asp

• Trade Internet System: downloadable sets of U.S. export and import data, quantities and values, arranged in different formats (FATUS, BICO, HS): http://www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/

• BICO Reports, Export/Import Statistics for Bulk, Intermediate, and Consumer Oriented (BICO) Foods and Beverages:  http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/bico/bico_frm.asp

• Tariff data: searchable database for Uruguay Round Agreement tariff schedules according to country or product chapter. http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/wtopdf/wtopdf_frm.asp

• Office of the Chief Economist, USDA:

• World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report (WASDE): http://www.usda.gov/agency/oce/waob/wasde/wasde.htm

• International Trade Commission, Department of Commerce (USDC): searchable database on U.S. exports and imports by harmonized commodity classification system (HS): http://dataweb.usitc.gov/

Federal Agencies' Home Pages

• Agricultural Marketing System (AMS), USDA: http://www.ams.usda.gov/

• Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA: http://www.ers.usda.gov

• Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), USDA: http://www.fas.usda.gov

• National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), USDA: http://www.nass.usda.gov

• International Trade Commission (ITC), USDC: http://dataweb.usitc.gov/

Census Bureau, USDC: http://www.census.gov/

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): http://www.bls.gov/home.htm

State-Specific Data Sources

• California-specific data sources
  • California's International Agricultural Exports in 2005, AIC Issues Brief No. 31, April 2007.

   

  • California's International Agricultural Exports in 2006.  Omid Rowhani and Daniel A. Sumner.  AIC Issues Brief No. 32, December 2007.

• NASS reports from California Agricultural Statistics Service (CASS).  http://www.nass.usda.gov/ca/rlsetoc.htm

• Statistical Review of California's Organic Agriculture 2000-2005, Karen Klonsky and Kurt Richter, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, May 2007 - This publication quantifies the current size and growth of the organic industry in California in terms of acres, farm gate sales and number of growers statewide and by commodity, commodity group, county and region, based on California Department of Agriculture registration data from 1999-2005.

• Statistical Review of California's Organic Agriculture 1998-2003, Karen Klonsky and Kurt Richter, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, December 2005 - This publication quantifies the current size and growth of the organic industry in California in terms of acres, farm gate sales and number of growers statewide and by commodity, commodity group, county and region, based on California Department of Agriculture registration data from 1997-2003.

• Statistical Picture of California's Organic Agriculture 1995-1998, Karen Klonsky, Laura Tourte, Robin Kozloff and Benjamin Shouse, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, DANR Publication 3425. http://aic.ucdavis.edu/Organic1995-98.pdf