# USDA

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/usda/  
**Website:** https://www.usda.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

The US Department of Agriculture provides a suite of free public REST APIs covering agricultural statistics, food and nutrition data, market news, food safety inspection records, crop and vegetation monitoring, and geospatial services. APIs are accessed through api.data.gov and agency-specific portals, all requiring a free API key.

## Kin Score — 41.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 62.2 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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

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

## APIs (7)

- **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 ...
- **USDA ERS ARMS Data API** — Economic Research Service API providing access to data from the Agriculture Resource Management Survey (ARMS), covering farm finances, production practices, and resource use. Re...
- **USDA AMS MyMarketNews MARS API** — Market Analysis Reporting System (MARS) API providing programmatic access to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service commodity price and market news data including livestock, dairy,...
- **USDA NASS CroplandCROS API** — Geospatial API serving Cropland Data Layer (CDL) and related geospatial data at 30-meter resolution covering the continental US from 2008 onward, with historical data for select...
- **USDA Forest Service Geospatial REST API** — ArcGIS Server REST API providing access to USDA Forest Service nationwide geospatial datasets including forest boundaries, land status, fire occurrence, and ecological data layers.
- **USDA FSIS MPI Directory API** — Food Safety and Inspection Service API providing real-time access to the Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory, including establishment location, size, species proc...
- **USDA FDC API** — endpoints to retrieve nutrient data

## Agentic access (1)

- **Usda Agentic Access** — 9 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Usda Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Agriculture, Food Safety, Nutrition, Statistics, Geospatial, Market News, Federal-Government

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