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An alternative for downloading various USDA data fromhttps://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/ through R. You must sign up for anAPI key from the mentionedwebsite in order for this package to work. Disclaimer:

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified byNASS.

Thsi package is now onCRAN and can beinstalled through the typical method:

install.packages("usdarnass")

Alternatively, the most up-to-date version of the package can beinstalled with thedevtools package. However, beware that this will bea development version:

# install.packages("devtools")devtools::install_github("rdinter/usdarnass")

Once installed through either method, you can load package theconventional way:

library("usdarnass")

See theGetstartedarticle for a more in depth discussion of the package features.

See thedocumentation site.

There are otherR packages that work with USDA Quick Stats that may bemore useful to others:

• emraher/rnass
• potterzot/rnassqs

If you are interested in download all of the Quick Stats data to yourlocal machine, then their FTPsite is the best option for downloading all.