Published annually by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics contains data on production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs and returns of U.S. agriculture.

Like other components of the economic census, the Census of Agriculture is taken every five years. It is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches, and includes data on farm characteristics, products, and farm operators at the national, state, and county levels.

The ERS provides information and data on food, farming, natural resources, and rural development. The data sets can be browsed by subject, searched by keyword, or selected by title. Data can be displayed in PDF, Excel, or HTML.

This site provides one-stop access to U.S. federal, state, and local data and maps from multiple U.S. government agencies.  Data categories include agriculture, biology, business, demographics, environment, health, geology, inland water, transportation, etc.  Users can register (free) to take advantage of personalized options.

This site contains over 3 billion records related to food and agriculture world-wide with links to other databases and data sets in the FAOStat "family." Because the site is so large, users are advised to avoid doing multi-dimensional queries and downloads. K-State does not subscribe to FAOStat, so there is a limitation of 4000 records per query and bulk downloads are not available.

NASS is the offical statistical agency for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Data includes a wide variety of agricultural topics at the national, state, and county levels. Online availability: varies depending on topic.

The WebSoilSurvey provides detailed soil data for specific sites or addresses. The "Soil Data Mart" link allows downloading of the most current tabular and spatial soil information for almost all U.S. counties. The "Geospatial Data Gateway" allows the user to select and download geospatial data at the state or county level.