Economic Research Service

@USDA_ERS · Washington, DC · joined 27 Jul 2009

The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources & Rural America from USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS).

80 140Followers

96Following

11 588Posts total

6.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views901this account2 151median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.12%this account6.48%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.58%this account1.54%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	901	2 151	0.42×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.12%	6.48%	0.17×
Engagement rate	0.58%	1.54%	0.38×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.1K18 Aug

90125 Aug

1.4K

85926 Aug

2.3K27 Aug

329 Aug

1230 Aug

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.00%18 Aug

0.44%25 Aug

0.70%

0.58%26 Aug

0.88%27 Aug

0.00%29 Aug

8.33%30 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.54%.

What the audience does

Likes52.4%22 in total

Reposts28.6%12 in total

Replies4.8%2 in total

Quotes9.5%4 in total

Bookmarks4.8%2 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

@USDA_ERS @USDA Protect our FARMERS AND CATTLEMEN . Someone needs to investigate the four big meat packers that control our meat . Its the four big packers have monopoly on our meat products . 12 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Aug 2026 @USDA_ERS Trump is the setup man for the Israeli rug pull. They're doing it throughout the economy and there's parasites. A cult of organized criminal parasites preying on Americans for genocide, genocidal, Maniacs, honey, potting, blackmailing and murdering their way 3 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 29 Aug 2026 The latest Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade provides USDA forecasts for U.S. agricultural exports and imports by country and sector. Explore the report: https://t.co/RUDFkh1lon https://t.co/rRQ1MimcFr 2.3K views · 10 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies 27 Aug 2026 ERS's annual Global Food Assessment evaluates food demand in 83 low- and middle-income countries through 2036, helping identify potential markets for U.S. agricultural products. Learn more: https://t.co/cporidlsB4. https://t.co/DpKtOIARZ4 859 views · 3 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 Specialty crop farms had the largest share of cash expenses on labor relative to other farm types in 2024. Learn more in this Chart of Note: https://t.co/OVUnA8Iqeg. https://t.co/oThkNp6xCT 1.4K views · 5 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 25 Aug 2026 ERS's Food Price Outlook provides food price data and forecasts changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) for food. Explore the August 2026 summary findings: https://t.co/TdVKkMnCEa. 901 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 25 Aug 2026 Data update: Vegetable and Pulses Yearbook Tables Annual per capita supply and use data for fresh and processed vegetables and dry pulse crops. Learn more: https://t.co/iCTtZvYQcY. 1.1K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 Aug 2026