Department of Agriculture Requests Feedback on its Agricultural Data Sharing

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a Request for Information (RFI) on Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Areas in Statistical Data, Analysis, and Research at the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Numerous entities within USDA, including the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the Office of the Chief Economist, produce statistical data, analysis, and research that aim provide the agriculture community with timely, accurate, and useful information. The RFI will be open for public comment until April 6, 2026. Preliminary analysis of the feedback will be discussed at the 2026 Spring Data Users Meeting on April 22, 2026.