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USDA ERS Farm-to-Consumer Price Spreads

The data use annual U.S. national-average retail and farm prices; coverage varies by series and current methodology, with fresh-fruit and vegetable baskets available since 2000 and the current dairy basket since 2016. Files update annually as inputs become available, while listed file dates differ by product. The checked fresh-apples CSV covered 2008–2025 with 54 rows across three attributes.

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Signal Scoredraft model
85
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 · attribution
17

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Individual current CSV/XLSX files and archived ZIP files are keyless. No download quota is stated.
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The documentation provides a citation and the product page provides keyless files, but neither checked page states a separate data licence. ERS's API terms were not applied because these are file downloads, not API responses.
Attribution
Provider citation: “U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Price spreads from farm to consumer.”

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/price-spreads-from-farm-to-consumer
  2. 02www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/price-spreads-from-farm-to-consumer/documentation
  3. 03www.ers.usda.gov/media/5736/fresh-apples.csv?v=15561

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