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USDA ERS Fertilizer Use and Price

National history begins in 1960 and crop nutrient-use data begin in 1964; crop-and-State coverage is limited to surveyed major producing States. Most workbook series currently end between 2014 and 2018: farm prices end in 2014, consumption tables mostly in 2015, and price indexes and several use tables in 2018. ERS describes an annual update schedule, but the checked workbook was last updated October 30, 2019.

Open ers.usda.gov
Signal Scoredraft model
81
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
Provider terms · terms linked
13
Evidence
3 source links checked
15
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage
13

// Terms and limits

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none
Free tier
One keyless XLS workbook contains all 32 tables and was listed as 785.5 KB. No download quota is stated.
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Licence
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Licence note
The product page provides a keyless XLS workbook but states no separate data licence. ERS's API terms were not applied because this is a file download, not an API response.
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No attribution requirement recorded.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/fertilizer-use-and-price
  2. 02www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/fertilizer-use-and-price/documentation-and-data-sources
  3. 03www.ers.usda.gov/media/5291/all-fertilizer-use-and-price-tables-in-a-single-workbook.xls?v=65785

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