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Update to South American publishing schedule

Fastmarkets will not publish any South American agriculture prices for April 21 due to the Tiradentes national holiday in Brazil, and will not publish Argentina’s crush margins for April 17, as there will be no futures trading on Matba Rofex due to the Maundy Thursday holiday.

April 15, 2025
By Eduardo Tinti
Agriculture Brazil Latin America Pricing notice

Fastmarkets’ agriculture publishing schedule has been updated accordingly. You can find the publishing schedule here: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/price-schedules/.

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 “FAO: Eduardo Tinti, RE: South America publishing schedule, 2025.”

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