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Magpie — USDA Ag Markets: Grain, Fertilizer, WASDE & Export Sales

link.morningbrief/magpie

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

USDA farm data for AI agents: grain, fertilizer, WASDE, export sales. 27 tools, free, no key.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

morningbrief.link (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

27

Token cost

About 6,814 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http magpie https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.magpie]
url = "https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"magpie":{"httpUrl":"https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"magpie":{"url":"https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"magpie":{"type":"http","url":"https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add magpie https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"magpie","server_url":"https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"magpie","server_url":"https://ag.morningbrief.link/mcp"}

Tools

• compare_contracts_vs_shipments ~273 tokens
  Derived comparison of ESR contracted export sales against GATS actual shipments for one commodity: total contracted, total shipped, and the gap in metric tons — a positive gap means sold but not yet shipped. Use to gauge the unshipped export backlog; use get_export_sales or get_trade_flows instead f
• get_crop_condition ~284 tokens
  Most recent weekly NASS crop condition ratings for corn, soybeans, or wheat — the share of the crop rated excellent, good, fair, poor, and very poor, plus a combined good+excellent percentage — from USDA NASS QuickStats. Use for current crop health; use get_crop_condition_history instead for week-by
• get_crop_condition_history ~316 tokens
  Week-by-week NASS crop condition ratings for corn, soybeans, or wheat across the growing season — each week's excellent/good/fair/poor/very poor shares plus a combined good+excellent percentage — from USDA NASS QuickStats. Use to track crop health trends or compare weeks within the season; use get_c
• get_crop_progress ~275 tokens
  Most recent weekly NASS crop progress for corn, soybeans, or wheat — the share of the crop at each growth stage (planted, emerged, silking, harvested, and similar; the stages present vary by commodity) — from USDA NASS QuickStats. Use for current season pace; use get_crop_progress_history instead fo
• get_crop_progress_history ~330 tokens
  Week-by-week NASS crop progress for corn, soybeans, or wheat across the growing season — each week's share of the crop at each growth stage (planted, emerged, silking, harvested, and similar) — from USDA NASS QuickStats. Use to track season pace or compare against earlier weeks; use get_crop_progres
• get_crop_stats ~312 tokens
  Annual NASS survey statistics — yield, production, planted or harvested area — for a commodity at national or state level, from USDA NASS QuickStats. These are survey estimates, not market prices. Use for production fundamentals; use get_crop_condition or get_crop_progress instead for in-season week
• get_dairy_history ~318 tokens
  Weekly price history for one dairy product, from the same USDA MARS weekly dairy reports behind get_dairy_price. Use for trends across report weeks; use get_dairy_price instead when only the latest quote matters. Read-only lookup of stored reports; no API key. Returns up to `periods` most recent rep
• get_dairy_price ~280 tokens
  Latest price for one dairy product, from USDA MARS weekly dairy reports — the same series get_dairy_history extends over time. Use for a current quote; use get_dairy_history instead for the weekly trend. Read-only lookup of stored reports; no API key. Geography defaults to US-Central (cheese is Ocea
• get_export_sales ~297 tokens
  Latest week of USDA export sales for one commodity from the FAS Export Sales Reporting (ESR) system — sales contracted by exporters, not yet necessarily shipped. Use for current foreign demand; use get_export_sales_history instead for the weekly trend, and get_trade_flows for actual shipped volumes.
• get_export_sales_history ~306 tokens
  Weekly export sales time series for one commodity, and optionally one destination country, from the same FAS ESR weekly reports behind get_export_sales. Use for demand trends across weeks; use get_export_sales instead when only the latest week matters, and compare_contracts_vs_shipments to set contr
• get_fertilizer_history ~252 tokens
  Price history for one fertilizer product across report periods, from the same twice-monthly USDA MARS production cost reports behind get_fertilizer_price. Use for input-cost trends; use get_fertilizer_price instead when only the latest quote matters. Read-only lookup of stored reports; no API key. R
• get_fertilizer_price ~251 tokens
  Latest price for one fertilizer product from USDA MARS production cost reports (Illinois-led regional coverage) — the same series get_fertilizer_history extends over time. Use for a current input-cost quote; use get_spreads instead to relate fertilizer cost to corn or cattle prices. Read-only lookup
• get_grain_history ~274 tokens
  Daily cash price history for one grain commodity in one state, from the same USDA MARS daily reports behind get_grain_price. Use for trends or day-over-day comparison; use get_grain_price instead when only the latest quote matters. Read-only lookup of stored reports; no API key. Returns up to `perio
• get_grain_price ~253 tokens
  Latest cash grain price for one commodity in one state, from USDA MARS daily market reports — the same series get_grain_history extends over time. Use for a current quote; use get_grain_history instead for trends across days. Read-only lookup of stored reports; no API key. Returns the most recent re
• get_livestock_history ~278 tokens
  Price history for one livestock category in one region, from the same USDA MARS reports behind get_livestock_price (daily direct-trade reports plus weekly auction summaries). Use for trends; use get_livestock_price instead when only the latest quote matters. Read-only lookup of stored reports; no AP
• get_livestock_price ~280 tokens
  Latest price for one livestock category in one region, from USDA MARS direct-trade and auction reports — the same series get_livestock_history extends over time. Use for a current quote; use get_livestock_history instead for trends. Read-only lookup of stored reports; no API key. Returns the most re
• get_spreads ~263 tokens
  Derived input-to-output price spreads computed from the latest stored Magpie prices: corn-to-nitrogen cost broken down per fertilizer product (bushels of corn per ton of product and per pound of actual N), the soybean-to-corn price ratio, and the feeder-to-fed cattle spread. Use for planting and fee
• get_trade_flows ~339 tokens
  Monthly US agricultural export shipments by destination, from USDA GATS (Census trade data) — quantities and values actually shipped, not sales contracted. Use for realized trade volumes; use get_export_sales instead for contracted-but-unshipped demand, and compare_contracts_vs_shipments for the sol
• get_wasde_history ~343 tokens
  Revision history of one WASDE projection figure (default ending_stocks) across monthly reports — how the estimate for a commodity and marketing year moved as successive WASDE reports landed. Use to study estimate revisions; use get_wasde_projection instead for the full current balance sheet. Read-on
• get_wasde_projection ~339 tokens
  Latest USDA WASDE supply/demand projections for one commodity — beginning stocks, production, imports, exports, domestic consumption, and ending stocks — from the FAS PSD database behind the monthly WASDE report. Use for the current balance-sheet outlook; use get_wasde_history instead to see how a s
• list_dairy_products ~126 tokens
  Lists the dairy product slugs this API tracks (cheese, butter, dry_whey, fluid_milk) with display labels. Use to discover valid `product` values before calling get_dairy_price or get_dairy_history. Read-only; no API key. Butter is listed for completeness but its price is withheld in the price tools
• list_esr_commodities ~132 tokens
  Lists the commodities tracked in USDA export sales reporting (wheat, barley, corn, sorghum, soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, cotton, rice) with their FAS commodity codes. Use to discover valid `commodity` slugs before calling get_export_sales or get_export_sales_history. Read-only; no API key. S
• list_fertilizer_products ~144 tokens
  Lists the fertilizer product slugs this API tracks (anhydrous ammonia, urea, DAP, MAP, potash, liquid N 28/32, ATS, farm diesel, biodiesel) with display labels. Use to discover valid `product` values before calling get_fertilizer_price or get_fertilizer_history. Read-only; no API key. The list is th
• list_gats_commodities ~138 tokens
  Lists the commodities tracked in GATS trade flows (matched to Census data by HS chapter) with display labels. Use to discover valid `commodity` slugs before calling get_trade_flows or compare_contracts_vs_shipments. Read-only; no API key. The list is the configured catalog — individual commodities c
• list_grain_products ~134 tokens
  Lists the grain commodity slugs this API tracks (corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, oats, barley, rice) with display labels. Use to discover valid `product` values before calling get_grain_price or get_grain_history. Read-only; no API key. The list is the configured MARS catalog, not a live availabilit
• list_livestock_products ~168 tokens
  Lists the livestock category slugs this API tracks (fed_cattle, feeder_cattle, cows_cwt, cows_head, hogs, sheep) with display labels. Use to discover valid `product` values before calling get_livestock_price or get_livestock_history. Read-only; no API key. The list is the configured catalog, not a l
• list_wasde_commodities ~109 tokens
  Lists the commodities tracked in WASDE projections (corn, wheat, soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, rice, barley, cotton) with their FAS PSD commodity codes. Use to discover valid `commodity` slugs before calling get_wasde_projection or get_wasde_history. Read-only; no API key.

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