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Economic Research Service

The Economic Research Service (ERS) is a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that conducts economic research and analysis related to agriculture, food, and rural development. ERS provides policymakers, stakeholders, and the public with valuable information and data to help inform decision-making and policy development.

Economic Research Service publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Agriculture, Economics, Federal Government, and Research.

Economic Research Service’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 4 more developer resources.

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21.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
AgricultureEconomicsFederal GovernmentResearch

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 21.5/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.7 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

USDA ERS Data APIs

Access ERS data products in machine-readable formats for analysis or integration into your own applications. Delivered via api.data.gov as REST endpoints. Requires an api.data.g...

USDA ERS Geospatial APIs

Integrate ERS map layers into the GIS package of your choice, on their own or mashed up with other geospatial data.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Economic Research Service Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Economic Research Service Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Economic Research Service Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Economic Research Service Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: economic-research-service
name: Economic Research Service
description: The Economic Research Service (ERS) is a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that
  conducts economic research and analysis related to agriculture, food, and rural development. ERS provides policymakers,
  stakeholders, and the public with valuable information and data to help inform decision-making and policy development.
type: Index
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  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/economic-research-service.png
tags:
- Agriculture
- Economics
- Federal Government
- Research
url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/
created: '2024-12-25'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: economic-research-service:ers-data-apis
  name: USDA ERS Data APIs
  description: Access ERS data products in machine-readable formats for analysis or integration into your own applications.
    Delivered via api.data.gov as REST endpoints. Requires an api.data.gov key.
  humanURL: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis
  baseURL: https://api.ers.usda.gov
  tags:
  - Agriculture
  - Data
  - Economics
  properties:
  - url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://api.data.gov/signup/
    type: Signup
- aid: economic-research-service:ers-geospatial-apis
  name: USDA ERS Geospatial APIs
  description: Integrate ERS map layers into the GIS package of your choice, on their own or mashed up with other geospatial
    data.
  humanURL: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/geospatial-apis
  baseURL: https://www.ers.usda.gov
  tags:
  - Agriculture
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  properties:
  - url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/geospatial-apis
    type: Documentation
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/economic-research-service-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/usda-ers
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usda-economic-research-service
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/
- url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com