Economic Research Service
ERS
The economic research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, publishing economic analysis of agriculture, food, natural resources and rural America.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Government level
- National
- Authority type
- Research agency
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.fas.usda.gov/
Official name in local language
- en Economic Research Service
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Agricultural researchStatutory
Operates as the economic research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Source: USDA ERS — Economic Research Service
- Agricultural statistics
Publishes economic data and analysis on agriculture and rural America.
Source: USDA ERS — Economic Research Service
Registries and databases
Official systems this authority administers, as recorded in the AgricultureID registry corpus.
USDA ERS Data ProductsAgricultural statistics portal
Economic research data on agriculture, food, natural resources and rural America
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in United States.
- Official source
- USDA ERS — Economic Research ServiceUSDA Economic Research Service (ERS)
- Source page
- https://www.fas.usda.gov/
- What the source says
- “Economic Research Service”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- ERS is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture; this record describes the agency, not the parent department.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 403 under the title “Access Denied”.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.fas.usda.gov/ · domain classification: Verified official
Important limitations
- ERS is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture; this record describes the agency, not the parent department.