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USDA ERS ARMS Data API

The reports cover U.S. farms nationally and by available States, farm types and demographic or production categories, with category definitions spanning 1996 to the present. ERS has generally issued annual database releases, and the latest revision page lists 2023 data released in December 2024. Query caps and numeric rate limits are not stated.

Open ers.usda.gov
Signal Scoredraft model
80
Access
Free key · free API key
15
Licence clarity
Provider terms · terms linked
13
Evidence
3 source links checked
15
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
free API key
Free tier
A valid email address is required for a free data.gov API key. ERS does not state a query-size cap on the checked ARMS documentation.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Provider termsterms
Licence note
ERS says, "You may use any ERS API to develop a service or services to search, display, analyze, retrieve, view, and otherwise ‘get’ information from ERS data." API users must follow the attribution and non-endorsement rules on that page.
Attribution
“This product uses the ERS Data API but is not endorsed or certified by ERS.”

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis/arms-data-api
  2. 02www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis/arms-data-api/updates-and-revisions
  3. 03www.ers.usda.gov/developer/api-terms-of-service

// Good for

agriculture-foodhistorical-datatime-seriesmacro-economic

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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Reply · selected fields
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  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
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    "https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis/arms-data-api/updates-and-revisions",
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