Research Guides: Open Access Literature Resources for International Agricultural Researchers: Data & Statistics

Data & Statistics

Ag Data Commons
The Ag Data Commons is a public, government, scientific research data catalog and repository available to help the agricultural research community share and discover research data funded by the United States Department of Agriculture.
AgBioData
Consortium of agricultural and biological research groups with over 40 databanks on topics such alfalfa, to hymenoptera, to peanuts, to yams. Some databases may have licensed portals such as TAIR (which the UC licenses), which may not be available to non-UC Davis affiliates.

All guides and resources below are freely viewable.

FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available. Topics include food and agricultural production and trade, fisheries, land use and irrigation, fertilizers and more. The comprehensive databases cover many countries over long periods of time.

Agricultural Statistics Data Base & Quick Stats This link opens in a new window
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service "Quick Stats" statistics database. Select U.S., state, or county data for crops, livestock and other agricultural commodities. Query database by geographic area, search by commodity, or view data in charts or maps. Data sets include Census of Agriculture.
California Agricultural Quick Statistics This link opens in a new window
County estimates, Ag Census for California, crop and livestock and other statistics. From the USDA NASS and California Dept. of Food and Ag.
National Agricultural Statistics Service This link opens in a new window
Data and Statistics from NASS include the Census of Agriculture with data from 1997, 2002 and 2007.

Agricultural Statistics Topic Guide
For additional agricultural statistics resources, consult the detailed subject guide.
Agriculture & Related Fields Subject Guide
On this page you will find ProQuest Statistical Insight. a subscription-based database. It is a very important tool for locating published statistics across government agencies world-wide and has dedicated features for searching precision. An important page from PQ Statistical Insight is the Statistical Abstracts of the World listing.