Economic Research Service | United States Department of Agriculture

ERS conducts a research program to inform public and private decision-making on economic and policy issues involving food, farming, natural resources, and rural development.

ERS’s highly trained economists and social scientists conduct research, analyze food and commodity markets, produce policy studies, and develop economic and statistical indicators. The agency’s research program is aimed at the information needs of USDA, other public policy officials, and the research community. ERS information and analysis is also used by the media, trade associations, public interest groups, and the general public.

The Agency’s work is structured among four Divisions with the Crops and Countries and Regions section of ERS most likely to be of highest relevance to the FARMD community:

• Food Economics
• Information Services
• Market and Trade Economics
• Resource and Rural Economics