Agricultural Market and Economic Research

Agricultural Marketing Service - To conduct cooperative economic research and analyses in support of the Office of the Chief Economist's responsibility to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the economic implications of Department policies, progr...

Wholesale Farmers and Alternative Market Development

Agricultural Marketing Service - To increase overall food marketing efficiency, thereby lowering the cost of marketing food through technical assistance to States and municipalities interested in creating or upgrading markets and marketing facilitie...

Market Protection and Promotion

Agricultural Marketing Service - The Federal Seed Program prevents mislabeled seed from moving in interstate commerce by providing for random sampling of seeds to insure accurate labeling of seed characteristics. The Plant Variety Protection Program...

Consumer Data Initiative (CDI)

Agricultural Marketing Service - To provide economic and other social science information and analysis for public and private decisions on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America. ERS produces such information for use by the general ...

Transportation Services

Agricultural Marketing Service - The Transportation Services program develops and promotes efficient agriculture transportation systems to help improve farm income, expand exports and meet the needs of rural America. The program provides technical a...