Setup
No setup required. The EU Food Commodity Prices connection is automatically available to every agent.
Capabilities
- Retrieve current commodity prices — Access up-to-date EU market prices across 19 categories sourced from the European Commission’s Agridata API.
- Query historical price data — Look up price trends over time by specifying date ranges or years for specific commodities.
- Discover available filters — List available products, categories, regions, farming methods, and other filter values for any commodity before querying prices.
- Filter by commodity and product — Narrow results by commodity category, EU member state, product code, and time period.
- Export results as CSV — Price data is automatically saved as CSV files for further analysis in the sandbox.
Key Benefits
- Official EU data source — Prices come directly from the European Commission, a recognized and authoritative reference for European agricultural markets.
- No manual lookups — Agents retrieve price data automatically, removing the need to visit government websites or download datasets.
- Broad commodity coverage — Access prices across 19 categories including meat, cereals, dairy, oilseeds, sugar, wine, fertiliser, and more in a single connection.
- Historical context — Retrieve trend data to understand price movements and inform procurement or pricing decisions over time.
Works Well With
Google Sheets
Export commodity price data into spreadsheets for cost modeling, budgeting, or trend analysis.
Microsoft Excel
Export commodity price data into spreadsheets for cost modeling, budgeting, or trend analysis.
Slack
Post price alerts or weekly market summaries to procurement or finance channels.
Microsoft Teams
Post price alerts or weekly market summaries to procurement or finance channels.
Snowflake
Feed commodity price data into your data warehouse alongside internal cost and sales data for integrated analysis.
Google BigQuery
Feed commodity price data into your data warehouse alongside internal cost and sales data for integrated analysis.