Soybean futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) rose on Friday November 28 in a holiday-shortened session due to Thanksgiving.

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

The publication of several of Fastmarkets’ soybean and corn prices for November 10, 2025, were delayed because of a third party data feed error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

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.

In this thought leadership piece, Fastmarkets explores the growing importance of domestic soyoil prices, the inefficiencies of the current biodiesel pricing model, and why adopting domestic benchmarks is essential for a more accurate and transparent market.

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.

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

Vegoils futures traded mostly lower on Friday October 10 after Malaysian data showed higher-than-expected palm oil stocks and as crude prices plummeted on progress in peace talks in the Gaza Strip.

Fastmarkets has corrected its AG-SYB-0078 Crush Margin China Soy (Brazil) M1 Yuan/mt and AG-SYB-0079 Crush Margin China Soy (US Gulf) M1 Yuan/mt prices, which were published incorrectly on October 9.

India has bought large amounts of soyoil from Argentina during the three days in which Argentina's export tax on several agricultural products was suspended, with soyoil prices plummeting by more than $50 per tonne on a CFR West Coast India basis since the suspension was announced.