The 2026 Black Sea Wheat and Corn Outlook highlights a stabilized yet evolving grain market, with Russia and Ukraine adapting to post-conflict logistics, competitive pricing, and strong production despite ongoing regional challenges.

The Global Grain Geneva 2025 Conference highlighted an industry navigating a "new normal" of uncertainty, where geopolitical upheavals, climate challenges, and sustainability demands are reshaping grain markets, supply chains, and risk strategies.

Fastmarkets’ weekly recap of the main movements in global cash markets.

China’s state-owned buyer purchased up to three soybean cargoes from the US this week at prices above Brazilian offers, marking the first deals for the autumn harvest, several market sources in China said on Wednesday October 29.

Fastmarkets has launched AG-CRN-0131 Corn fob Brazil Northern Arc $/mt and AG-CRN-0132 Corn fob Brazil Northern Arc Premium c$/bu on Monday November 3.

At the recent Berlin ECE commodities event, two major themes dominated discussions: the surprising stability of Ukrainian domestic corn prices despite bearish forecasts, and growing concerns over Egypt's state grain procurement process.

Soybean futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were unchanged on Wednesday October 15 amid positive data on US soybean demand, although concerns over the US-China trade war persisted.

The spot price for AG-PLM-0022 refined bleached deodorised (RBD) palm stearin fob Indonesia was published incorrectly on Thursday as $1,070 per tonne and has been corrected to $1,050 per tonne. The M1 November price for refined bleached deodorised palm stearin on Thursday has also been corrected to $1,050 per tonne from $1,070 per tonne. Fastmarkets’ pricing database […]

Fastmarkets’ weekly recap of the main movements in global agriculture cash markets.

US and European wheat futures declined on Friday September 26 on expectations of ample global supplies as the Northern Hemisphere harvest nears its end, and on the prospects of healthy harvests in Southern Hemisphere producers Australia and Argentina.