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The purpose of the NASS Price Program is the collection and dissemination of timely, relevant, accurate, and useful agricultural price statistics. Farmers, ranchers, producers and others involved in agriculture require reliable information on prices. Price data provide a link between agricultural production and distribution. The distinct price programs are Prices Paid and Prices Received. The products provided include reports, charts and maps, data, and methodology.

Price Programs

Prices Paid

Prices Received

Reports

Agricultural Prices - contains prices received by producers for principal crops, livestock and livestock products; indexes of prices received by producers; feed price ratios; indexes of prices paid by producers; and parity prices

Charts and Maps

Prices Paid and Received All Farm Index by Year, US Crop Farm Index by Quarter, US Livestock Farm Index by Quarter, US Indexes for All Prices Paid and Production by Year, US

Prices Paid Indexes by Farm Type by Year, US Indexes for Annual Averages, Production, Interest, Taxes, and Wages by Year, US Indexes by Sector Origin and Month, US Indexes for Non-Farm Sector by Month, US Indexes for Farm Sector by Month, US

Prices Received Indexes by Commodity Type by Month, US Indexes for Fruits & Nuts, and Commercial Vegetables by Year, US Indexes for Food Grains, Feed Grains & Hay, and Oilseeds by Year, US Indexes for Meat Animals, Dairy, and Poultry by Year, US Broilers and Turkeys by Year, US Cattle by Year, US Corn by Year, US Cotton by Year, US Hogs by Year, US Milk by Year, US Soybeans by Year, US Wheat by Year, US

Price Data in Quick Stats

Quick Stats is the NASS searchable database containing prices received by producers for principal crops, livestock and livestock products; indexes of prices received by producers; feed price ratios; indexes of prices paid by producers; and parity prices. Click here for prices data.

Price Program Methodology

Price Program Preface provides background to increase transparency for all aspects of the Agricultural Prices Program. The four chapters are the following:

1. Overview of the NASS Price Program
2. Prices Received Program
3. Prices Paid Program
   
4. Parity Prices, Parity Ratio, and Feed Price Ratios

Full Report
Price Program – History, Concepts, Methodology, Analysis, Estimates, and Dissemination 

 

 

Last modified: 09/28/11

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• Future Vision

• Confidentiality Pledge
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• Regulations Guiding NASS
• USDA Privacy Impact Assessment

• C-FARE Review of the Agricultural Prices Program
• C-FARE Review of the 2002 Census of Agriculture

Agricultural Resource Mgmt.

• NAS Review of the ARMS Program
• ARMS Progress Report
• ARMS Progress Report Summary