General Resources

Below is a list of resources for My Market News, the MARS platform, and other useful information.  For additional resources, visit our resource directory.

Overviews 

Instructions:

  • Searching for Specialty Crops Data on My Market News (PDF) - updated 3/14/2025
  • Setting up a MMN Account to Receive an API Key (PDF) - updated 10/1/2020

Webinars and Supporting Documentation

  • Identifying Corrected Reports and Data Sets with the API (PDF) - April 2021
  • LMPRS and MMN Overview Video From Economic Seminar  (Recording) - May 2021
  • Data Users Meeting Presentation (PDF) - April 2021

Cotton & Tobacco Market News

Market Types Available in My Market News

     Cotton Forward Contracting

     Cotton Organic

     Cotton Prices

     Cotton Quality

     Cotton Summary

     Tobacco - Quarterly Stocks Report

Webinars and Supporting Documentation

     Cotton Price Reporting and Data Access Webinar: (Recording) July 15, 2005

     My Market News Users Guides

          How to Become a My Market News Registered User: User Guide (PDF) Updated July 2025

          Search the Market News Database for Cotton and Tobacco Reports: User Guide (PDF) Updated July 2025

     Face Sheets and FAQs

          Market News Fact Sheet (PDF)

          Cotton Price Reporting and Data Access on My Market News: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) Updated July 2025

Application Program Interface (API) Resources

     Market Types Available with My Market News API

          Cotton Prices

          Cotton Quality

     API User Guides

          Application Program Interface (API) for Cotton and Tobacco Price Reports in Microsoft Excel: User Guide (PDF) Updated July 2025

          Using Application Program Interface (API): Driven Templates for Daily Spot Cotton Quote Reports: User Guide (PDF) Updated July 2025

     MS Excel API Driven Template Files

          API-Daily Spot Cotton Quotations (XLS)

          mp_cn001.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn002.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn003.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn004.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn005.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn006.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn007.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn008.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn009.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn010.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

          mp_cn011.xlsx (Daily Spot Quotations Table) (XLS)

Dairy Market News

  • Report Master List (excel) - updated 3/1/2023
  • Market Types Available in My Market News and API
    • Point of Sale Dairy 
    • Cold Storage
    • Retail
    • Direct to Consumer
    • Farmers Market

Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News

  • Report Master List (excel) - updated Apr 23, 2024
  • Market Types Available in My Market News and API
    • Auction Livestock
    • Auction Livestock (Special)
    • Auction Livestock (Special Graded)
    • Auction Livestock (Board Sale)
    • Auction Livestock (Imported)
    • Video Auction Livestock
    • Auction Hay
    • Direct Hay
    • Direct Livestock
    • Inventory Eggs
    • Cold Storage
    • Point of Sale - Grain
    • Point of Sale - Feedstuffs
    • Point of Sale - Rice
    • Bioenergy
    • Point of Sale - Poultry
    • Livestock - Drop/By-Products
    • Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Actual)
    • International Livestock - Imports/Exports
    • Livestock - Wool
    • International - Trades
    • Inspected Livestock - FIS Slaughter (Estimate)
    • Production Costs
    • International - Misc
    • Retail
  • Market Types Under Development and Coming to My Market News in 2024
    • Point of Sale - Eggs
    • Sod
  • Market Types Planned to be Added in My Market News and API in the Future
    • POS - Organic Grain & Feedstuffs

Specialty Crops Market News

  • Market Types Available in My Market News and API
    • Terminal
    • Shipping Point
    • Retail
    • Trends
    • Truck Rates
  • Market Types Under Development and Coming to My Market News and API in Fall of 2024
    • Movement

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