Economic Research Service

The Agriculture Department's ERS provides expertise, data, models and
research information about the agricultural economies and policies of
foreign countries, the agricultural trade and development relationships
between foreign countries and the United States, and U.S. agricultural
policies. Topics include: (a) agricultural trade and trade policies and
their relationship to the economic, technical, and political factors
affecting agricultural trade among countries; (b) economic and agricultural
market structure, efficiency, and performance of foreign countries; (c)
technical production systems of foreign countries; and (d) foreign
governments' production, consumption, monetary, and trade policies.