# Economic Research Service

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/economic-research-service/  
**Website:** https://www.ers.usda.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 12.0 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 12.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

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

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **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.

## Security (1)

- **Economic Research Service Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Economic Research Service Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Agriculture, Economics, Federal-Government, Research

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