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Errata

Correction statements for ERS information products are listed by year below.

Errata ID Date added Title Content type Report number Description
463 4/28/2025 Agricultural and Food Research and Development Expenditures in the United States Data Product N/A With the April 28, 2025 update, ERS corrected the data series on public agricultural R&D expenditures by eliminating double-counting of R&D expenditures in cooperative research agreements between USDA intramural research agencies and State Land Grant Universities. This reduced total expenditures by 2-3 percent over 1970-2019.
462 3/25/2025 COVID-19 Working Paper: Migration, Local Mobility, and the Spread of COVID-19 in Rural America Publication AP-107 On March 25, 2025, the legend in figure 14 depicting new COVID-19 cases in nonmetro counties by relative change in work-related mobility was changed to read "Quartile." In the legend, "greatest reduction" and "least reduction" were switched to reflect the correct corresponding quartile.
461 3/14/2025

Dietary Quality by Food Source and Demographics in the United States, 1977–2018

Publication EIB-249

On March 14, 2025, a number of corrections were made to specific data points in tables 2 and 7 and figures 5, 10, 25, and 27; the titles of table 5 and figures 15 and 18; and text on pages 33, 36-39, and 102. Supplemental tables A1A-A6F were also reposted to match the corresponding data product, Food Consumption, Nutrient Intakes, and Diet Quality, correcting some standard errors, percents, and formatting inconsistencies. No major findings or conclusions in the report were impacted.

460 1/23/2025 Organic Agriculture Topic Page N/A On January 23, 2025, ERS corrected the y-axis label of the U.S. organic soybean supply, 2011–21 figure to include the word 'thousands.' No other text on the topic page was affected.
459 1/15/2025 Meat Price Spreads Data Product N/A On January 15, 2025, the files Choice beef values and spreads and the all-fresh retail value and Pork values and spreads were posted without reflecting the most recent month of data, the annual, and quarter four 2024 totals. The Summary of retail prices and spreads file was posted with monthly data displaying in the wrong columns. All three affected files were reposted January 16, 2025. No other data were affected.