Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer

Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer At-Home Foods by Commodity Group Documentation

Overview

ERS compares prices paid by consumers for food with prices received by farmers for corresponding commodities. This data product reports these comparisons for a variety of foods sold through retail foodstores such as supermarkets and supercenters.

Data

At-home foods by commodity group

ERS compares farm and retail prices for foods belonging to each of several commodity groups. Comparisons are made for individual foods and groupings of individual foods—market baskets—that represent what a typical U.S. household buys at retail in a year. The retail costs of these baskets are compared with the money received by farmers for a corresponding basket of agricultural commodities.
Documentation

Related Resources

• Food Marketing System in the U.S. briefing room
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