Last updated:  April 22, 2021

If you need assistance or run into any problems during this process, please send email to: mymarketnews@usda.gov

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This guide is designed to aid users in adding reports as a favorite.  This can only be done from the landing page available for each report.  

• Saving reports allows you to access them more quickly than having to locate the report.  See the "locate a report" question for responses on how to find them.

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  • Logged in users can click on "Welcome [YOUR NAME HERE]" and then the screen will show your user preferences, saved queries, content subscription list, and content favorites.

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• To remove user preferences, click on the report of interest and then on the red "Remove Subscription" and/or the red "Remove from Favorites" button. 

• To add user preferences, click on the report of interest and then the blue "Subscribe This Content" and/or the blue "Add to Favorites" button.

To locate a report, there are two options—search by commodity or generally.

• Search by Commodity: Under the Commodities tab, click on the commodity of the report you are interested in on the left toolbar. Then, select the report of interest under "Popular Reports."
• General Search: Under the Commodities tab, click on the advanced report search under "Popular Reports" and search for the report of interest.

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  • The most commonly viewed data, according to subject matter experts, appear here.  These data sets are selected by reporters and USDA Market News staff. 

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• Producers
• Buyers
• Distributors
• Retailers
• Banks
• Insurance Compensation
• Commodity Exchanges

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• Each commodity has specific reporters (or experts) who can answer that commodity's question. To find a specific expert, click on the commodity you are interested in on the left toolbar and then select a name under the "Contact an Expert" section.  Each expert can be contacted by phone or by email.

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• Glossary terms can be found under the Help tab in "Glossary."

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MARS will eventually replace the MNSD Portal and become the main software for collection and dissemination in AMS. The exact timeline on when the Portal will cease operating has not yet been decided.

While mandatory data will eventually be available in MARS and through its API, there are currently no plans to cease operations of Data Mart web service.