USDA Economic Research Service

With the mission "to inform and enhance public and private decision making on economic and policy issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development," the Economic Research Service has extensive responsibilities. The ERS, the primary source of economic information and research within the US Department of Agriculture, collects and provides statistics to be used by farmers, researchers, and the greater population.

In accordance with its goal to inform, the ERS produces vast amounts of regularly updated reports, market analyses, research, outlooks, economic briefs, and data products, along with numerous articles, congressional studies, and a monthly magazine. Documents are freely accessible online through a variety of access points.
Reviewed by K. Monks, University of Idaho, in Oct 2013 issues of ACRL's Choice.