aid: usda name: USDA description: The US Department of Agriculture provides a suite of free public REST APIs covering agricultural statistics, food and nutrition data, market news, food safety inspection records, crop and vegetation monitoring, and geospatial services. APIs are accessed through api.data.gov and agency-specific portals, all requiring a free API key. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/usda/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-06-13' modified: '2026-06-13' specificationVersion: '0.19' type: Index tags: - Agriculture - Food Safety - Nutrition - Statistics - Geospatial - Market News - Federal Government apis: - name: USDA FoodData Central API description: REST API providing access to the FoodData Central (FDC) nutrition database, covering over 250,000 food items with detailed nutrient data. Intended for developers building nutrition tracking and food-related applications. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-guide/ baseURL: https://api.nal.usda.gov/fdc/v1 tags: - Nutrition - Food - Nutrient Data properties: - type: Documentation url: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-guide/ - type: OpenAPI url: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-spec/fdc_api.html - type: APIKeySignup url: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-key-signup/ - name: USDA NASS Quick Stats API description: Programmatic access to official US agricultural statistics from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, including crop production estimates, livestock data, and Census of Agriculture results from 1997 onward. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api baseURL: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api tags: - Agricultural Statistics - Crops - Livestock - Census properties: - type: Documentation url: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api - type: APIKeySignup url: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api - name: USDA ERS ARMS Data API description: Economic Research Service API providing access to data from the Agriculture Resource Management Survey (ARMS), covering farm finances, production practices, and resource use. Returns data in JSON format with attribute-based querying. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis/arms-data-api baseURL: https://api.ers.usda.gov tags: - Farm Economics - Agricultural Survey - ARMS properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis/arms-data-api - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/USDA-REE-ERS/ARMS-Data-API - type: APIKeySignup url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/data-apis - name: USDA AMS MyMarketNews MARS API description: Market Analysis Reporting System (MARS) API providing programmatic access to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service commodity price and market news data including livestock, dairy, fruits, vegetables, and grains. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/mymarketnews-api baseURL: https://marsapi.ams.usda.gov/services/v1.2 tags: - Market News - Commodity Prices - Livestock - Agriculture Markets properties: - type: Documentation url: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/mars-api/getting-started - type: APIKeySignup url: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/mymarketnews-api - name: USDA NASS CroplandCROS API description: Geospatial API serving Cropland Data Layer (CDL) and related geospatial data at 30-meter resolution covering the continental US from 2008 onward, with historical data for select states back to 1997. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.nass.usda.gov/developer/index.php baseURL: https://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScapeService tags: - Cropland - Geospatial - Remote Sensing properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.nass.usda.gov/developer/index.php - name: USDA Forest Service Geospatial REST API description: ArcGIS Server REST API providing access to USDA Forest Service nationwide geospatial datasets including forest boundaries, land status, fire occurrence, and ecological data layers. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/ baseURL: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services tags: - Forest Service - Geospatial - ArcGIS - Fire properties: - type: Documentation url: https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/mapServices.php - type: Portal url: https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/ - name: USDA FSIS MPI Directory API description: Food Safety and Inspection Service API providing real-time access to the Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory, including establishment location, size, species processed, and inspection status for all FSIS-regulated facilities. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/science-data/developer-resources/mpi-api baseURL: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/fsis/api tags: - Food Safety - Meat Inspection - Poultry - Public Health properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/science-data/developer-resources common: - type: Website url: https://www.usda.gov/ - type: Documentation url: https://www.ers.usda.gov/developer/ - type: GitHubOrg url: https://github.com/USDA - type: GitHubOrg url: https://github.com/USDA-REE-ERS - type: Blog url: https://www.usda.gov/media/blog - type: Pricing url: https://api.data.gov/docs/developer-manual/ - type: StatusPage url: https://api.data.gov/status/ - type: X url: https://twitter.com/USDA - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usda - type: Plans url: plans/usda-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/usda-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/usda-finops.yml maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com