Fastmarkets decides to change the timestamp of several of its agriculture prices

Fastmarkets has decided to change the timestamp of several of its agriculture prices linked to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and MIAX Futures Exchange to align the time of publication with the exchanges’ settlement time at 1:15pm US Central Time.

Fastmarkets consulted the market between April 2 and April 30, 2026. No feedback was received, and Fastmarkets will therefore proceed with the change, which will be effective from May 11, 2026. The change in timestamp will affect both premiums and outright prices that use those futures as an underlying benchmark. 

This decision was first proposed in a methodology note published on April 2 which you can view here.

The following prices will be affected:

Barley/Wheat

  • AG-BRY-0004 – Barley Feed barley FOB Argentina $/mt
  • AG-WHE-0050 – Wheat CFR North Africa $/mt
  • AG-WHE-0026 – Wheat 11% FOB US Gulf HRW $/mt
  • AG-WHE-0024 – Wheat 11% FOB US Gulf HRW Premium c$/bu
  • AG-WHE-0057 – Wheat 10.5%, fob US Gulf SRW premium, c/bu
  • AG-WHE-0058 – Wheat 10.5%, fob US Gulf SRW, $/tonne
  • AG-WHE-0027 – Wheat 10% FOB US Pacific Northwest SW $/mt
  • AG-WHE-0028 – Wheat 13.5% FOB Canada CWRS $/mt
  • AG-WHE-0029 – Wheat 13.5% FOB Canada CWRS Premium c$/bu
  • AG-WHE-0037 – Wheat 14.5% FOB St Lawrence 2CWAD $/mt
  • AG-WHE-0038 – Wheat 14.5% FOB Vancouver 2CWAD $/mt
  • AG-WHE-0003 – Wheat 11.5% FOB Argentina $/mt

Corn

  • AG-CRN-0018 – Corn CIF Japan $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0019 – Corn CIF Japan Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0030 – Corn CIF Korea $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0031 – Corn CIF Korea Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0042 – Corn CIF China $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0043 – Corn CIF China Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0050 – Corn CIF Vietnam $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0051 – Corn CIF Vietnam Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0069 – Corn FOB Argentina $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0070 – Corn FOB Argentina Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0071 – Corn FOB Brazil $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0072 – Corn FOB Brazil Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0131 – Corn fob Brazil Northern Arc $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0132 – Corn fob Brazil Northern Arc Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0073 – Corn CIF US Gulf Barge $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0074 – Corn CIF US Gulf Barge Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0075 – Corn FOB US Gulf $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0076 – Corn FOB US Gulf Premium c$/bu
  • AG-CRN-0077 – Corn FOB US PNW $/mt
  • AG-CRN-0078 – Corn FOB US PNW Premium c$/bu

Soybean

  • AG-SYB-0007 – Soybean cif Netherlands $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0012 – Soybean FOB Brazil Paranagua Paper $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0013 – Soybean FOB Brazil Paranagua Paper Premium c/bu
  • AG-SYB-0014 – Soybean FOB Brazil Santos $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0015 – Soybean FOB Brazil Santos Premium c$/bu
  • AG-SYB-0016 – Soybean fob Argentina $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0017 – Soybean fob Argentina Premium c$/bu
  • AG-SYB-0018 – Soybean cif US Gulf Barge $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0019 – Soybean cif US Gulf Barge Premium c$/bu
  • AG-SYB-0020 – Soybean fob US Gulf $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0021 – Soybean fob US Gulf Premium c$/bu
  • AG-SYB-0022 – Soybean fob US PNW $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0023 – Soybean fob US PNW Premium c$/bu

Vegoils

  • AG-SYB-0026 – Soyoil fob Argentina $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0027 – Soyoil fob Argentina Premium c$/lb
  • AG-SYB-0028 – Soyoil fob Brazil $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0029 – Soyoil fob Brazil Premium c$/lb
  • AG-SDD-0004 – Sunoil fob Argentina $/mt

Meals

  • AG-SYB-0033 – Soymeal fob Brazil SMP $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0034 – Soymeal fob Brazil SMP Premium $/st
  • AG-SYB-0035 – Soymeal fob Argentina $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0036 – Soymeal fob Argentina Premium $/st
  • AG-SYB-0037 – Soymeal cif US Gulf Barge Hipro $/ mt
  • AG-SYB-0038 – Soymeal cif US Gulf Barge Hipro Premium $/st
  • AG-SYB-0039 – Soymeal fob US Gulf $/mt
  • AG-SYB-0040 – Soymeal fob US Gulf Premium $/st
  • AG-SYB-0044 – Soymeal cif Korea $/mt
  • AG-SSD-0010 – Sunmeal fob Argentina $/mt

For more information or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to any of these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and grains_oilseeds@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “Re: Change in agriculture prices timestamp.” 

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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