Argentine wheat, barley prices not published on January 20, February 17

Fastmarkets Agriculture did not publish its assessments for AG-BRY-0004 Barley Feed barley FOB Argentina and for AG-WHE-0003 Wheat 11.5% FOB Argentina on January 20 and February 17, 2025. At the time, Fastmarkets’ calendar had not reflected that these prices were not to be published on those days, following the US holiday schedule.

Fastmarkets’ Agriculture publishing schedule has been updated accordingly. You can find the publishing schedule here.

For more information or to provide feedback on the publishing schedule update, please contact Eduardo Tinti by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “Argentina Grains publishing schedule, 2025.”

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