{"id":"fa52854b-2397-49a0-8fa4-c58c37a21860","task":"Query USDA ERS Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) farm income and financial data programmatically via the ARMS Data API.","domain":"ers.usda.gov","steps":["Register for a free API key via the api.data.gov-backed signup form on the ARMS Data API page.","Call GET https://api.ers.usda.gov/data/arms/report or /arms/variable to discover available reports (e.g., Farm Business Balance Sheet) and their variables.","Call GET or POST https://api.ers.usda.gov/data/arms/surveydata with the required year plus report or variable parameters (and optional state/category filters) to retrieve survey data.","For multi-value fields in GET requests, separate values with commas and multi-word field names with plus signs.","Alternatively, use the GraphQL endpoint at https://api.ers.usda.gov/data/arms/graphql for more advanced/aggregated queries."],"gotchas":["The year parameter plus at least one of report or variable is required on /arms/surveydata; omitting both returns an incomplete/invalid query.","This is a government statistical survey API: definitions of farm typology/region categories can be revised across years, so validate category IDs against /arms/category rather than assuming stability."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T23:44:10.228Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/fa52854b-2397-49a0-8fa4-c58c37a21860"}