# Agricultural Statistics Service

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/agricultural-statistics-service/  
**Website:** https://www.nass.usda.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) whose mission is to support the United States, its agricultural sector, and rural communities by providing accurate, objective, and meaningful statistical information and services. NASS operates the QuickStats API for programmatic access to agricultural survey and census data, as well as geospatial APIs for cropland data, vegetation conditions, and crop moisture monitoring covering the continental United States.

## Kin Score — 35.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 29.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 46.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 50.0 (agent-native)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **USDA NASS CroplandCROS API** — The CroplandCROS API provides access to the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), a crop-specific land cover data layer with 30-meter spatial resolution covering the continental United Sta...
- **USDA NASS VegScape API** — The VegScape API delivers vegetation condition indices at 250-meter spatial resolution covering the continental United States. Data includes daily and weekly vegetation index co...
- **USDA NASS Crop CASMA API** — The Crop CASMA API provides programmatic access to crop vegetation and soil moisture conditions using NASA SMAP and MODIS satellite data for agricultural drought monitoring and ...
- **Agricultural Statistics Service Parameters API** — Parameter value discovery for query building
- **Agricultural Statistics Service Statistics API** — Agricultural statistics data retrieval and filtering

## Agentic access (1)

- **Agricultural Statistics Service Agentic Access** — 3 operations

## Security (2)

- **Agricultural Statistics Service Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Agricultural Statistics Service Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Agricultural Statistics Service Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (6)

- **Crop Production Analysis** — Query crop production estimates by commodity, year, and location for market analysis and supply forecasting.
- **Livestock Population Monitoring** — Access livestock inventory and production statistics at state and county levels for supply chain planning.
- **Geospatial Cropland Mapping** — Use the CroplandCROS API to integrate 30-meter resolution cropland data into GIS applications and land use analysis.
- **Agricultural Drought Monitoring** — Monitor crop condition and soil moisture via the Crop CASMA API to assess drought impacts on agricultural production.
- **Agricultural Research** — Access the full Quick Stats database for academic research on agricultural trends, productivity, and policy analysis.
- **Food Security Assessment** — Combine crop production, livestock, and vegetation data to assess regional and national food security conditions.

## Tags

Agriculture, Federal-Government, Statistics, Open Data, Geospatial

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/agricultural-statistics-service/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.