# Chicago Grain Prices MCP

> Chicago Grain Prices MCP is a paid API for AI agents from api.m2mcent.com, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-16).

Retrieves current and historical Chicago grain market prices for commodities such as corn, wheat, soybeans, and oats.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.m2mcent.com/chicago-grain-prices-mcp/api/process?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/chicago-grain-prices-mcp-17426cd4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DkI3M4MT974sdHG42SnqL

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability chicago-grain-prices-mcp-17426cd4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull today's Chicago grain prices for corn and soybeans — I need the latest market quotes from the Chicago Board of Trade?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need Chicago-specific grain commodity prices, particularly for CBOT-listed grains like corn, wheat, soybeans, and oats, for use in trading, agricultural planning, or commodity market analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Malformed or missing query string returns an error
- Market closed or off-hours data may return stale prices
- Unrecognized commodity name may return null or error
- Network timeout or upstream market data outage
- Payment failure (x402) prevents access to the endpoint

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns current or recent grain commodity price data from Chicago markets, including prices for commodities such as corn, wheat, soybeans, and oats, likely including price values, units, and timestamps.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "success": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/chicago-grain-prices-mcp-17426cd4/health.json
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