USDA

USDA NASS Quick Stats API

Programmatic access to official US agricultural statistics from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, including crop production estimates, livestock data, and Census of Agriculture results from 1997 onward.

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https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api

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https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/usda/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: USDA NASS Quick Stats API
description: Programmatic access to official US agricultural statistics from the National Agricultural
  Statistics Service, including crop production estimates, livestock data, and Census of Agriculture results
  from 1997 onward.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api
baseURL: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api
tags:
- Agricultural Statistics
- Crops
- Livestock
- Census
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api
- type: APIKeySignup
  url: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api