Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture
USDA School Meal Programs: How and Why the Cost of Food Purchases Varies Across Locales
Rural America at a Glance, 2018 Edition
Rural Individuals' Telehealth Practices: An Overview
Selected Charts from Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials, October 2018
State Fact Sheets
Information on population, income, poverty, food security, education, employment, farm indicators, and more.
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.
Meat Price Spreads
This page contains data on monthly average price values at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages for selected cuts of beef, pork, and broilers.
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 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
Create maps showing food access indicators by census tract using different measures and indicators of supermarket accessibility.
The Food Environment Atlas: An Update
View factors that interact to influence food choice and diet quality across U.S. States and counties.
- New U.S. Food Expenditure Estimates Find Food-Away-From-Home Spending Is Higher Than Previous Estimates
- Growth in Quick-Service Restaurants Outpaced Full-Service Restaurants in Most U.S. Counties
- Food Pantries Provide Emergency Food to More Than One-Quarter of Food-Insecure Households
- International Food Security Expected To Improve, But Regional Differences Persist
- Educational Attainment a Key Factor in Rural Patient Uptake of Telehealth Activities
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Food Environment Atlas
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USDA Ag Census Web Maps
View county-level Ag Census maps via new interactive tool. -
Visualizing ERS Data
Explore one or more of ERS’ new interactive data visualizations.