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6 hours ago | Yana Sukharska
The Russian wheat harvest progressed by another 5 percentage points to be 93% complete in the week ended Friday October 4, exceeding 83.8 million tonnes, according to data seen by Fastmarkets on Monday October 7.
8 hours ago | Sam Balf
Tunisia’s state-directed grain importer has issued an international tender to buy 125,000 tonnes of feed barley for shipment to arrive between late October and early December, according to a document seen by Agricensus on Monday October 7.
8 hours ago | Yuriy Sirosh
Saudi Arabia’s General Food Security Authority (GFSA) has booked 307,000 tonnes of wheat in a tender for December-January delivery, according to an official notice published by the agency on Monday October 7.
10 hours ago | Regina Koh
South Korean feed importer Korea Feed Association (KFA) has purchased around 60,000 tonnes of soymeal for March-arrival via a tender concluded on Friday October 4, trade sources told Fastmarkets on Monday October 7.
Market Commentary
Wheat Commentary
4 Oct 2024
US and European wheat futures retreated for a second day on Friday October 4 while the dollar advanced against its peers, reducing the competitiveness of US exports.
Corn Commentary
4 Oct 2024
US corn futures fell on Friday October 4 on advancing harvests across the Americas.
Soybean Commentary
4 Oct 2024
Soybean futures ended the week down on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday October 4, mainly under bearish pressure from rain forecasts in Brazil while geopolitical tensions and US payroll data remained in focus.
Vegoils Commentary
4 Oct 2024
Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) futures rose sharply to a multi-month high on Friday October 4, with tensions continuing to escalate in the Middle East, while soyoil futures in Chicago gave away part of Thursday’s gains.

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Editor's Pick
12 Sep 2024 | Leticia Pakulski
Soyoil and soymeal futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trended higher after the USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report on Thursday September 12 with a lower forecast for upstream soybean ending stocks, despite broadly unchanged balance sheets for the soy products.
12 Sep 2024 | Marcela Caetano
The US Department of Agriculture has slightly reduced its estimate for US soybean production and ending stocks in 2024/25 while projecting higher global production and ending stocks, the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report showed on Thursday September 12.
12 Sep 2024 | Mark Shenk
The USDA left its estimates for US wheat stocks and production unchanged for the 2024/25 marketing year, while boosting its expectations for global ending stocks in large part due to a big gain in Canadian projections.
12 Sep 2024 | Jocelyn Garcia
As anticipated by analysts ahead of the USDA's September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update, lower ending stocks are projected in 2024/25, despite larger US production.
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30 Sep 2024 | Regina Koh
Indonesia has set its crude palm oil (CPO) reference price for October at $893.64 per tonne, according to a notice issued by the Indonesian trade ministry on Monday September 30.
30 Sep 2024 | Eoin Hughes
Weather extremes have hit winter, barley and corn yields, and thus cut production in Russia, according to the latest EU Monitoring Agricultural Resources (MARS) report.
30 Sep 2024 | Jocelyn Garcia
Rain delayed harvest progress but helped replenish soil conditions across Canada's top growing regions, according to provincial reports released September 23-24 and collated by Fastmarkets.
30 Sep 2024 | Mark Shenk
The USDA’s September quarterly stocks outlook update delivered tighter-than-expected corn and soybean reserves, while wheat stocks were slightly higher than projected by market participants.
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4 hours ago | Victor Gusmao
Export inspections of US soybeans were up 110% to 1.43 million tonnes in the week ended October 3, from the 682,852 tonnes recorded a week earlier, USDA data showed on Monday October 7.
12 hours ago | Masha Belikova
Algeria’s state-backed grain import agency Inter-professional Office of Cereals (OAIC) has returned to the market looking for optional origin milling wheat for November 1-15 and 16-30 November loading, according to an official document released on Sunday October 6.
4 Oct 2024 | Mark Shenk
Managed money investors in the US corn and soybean contracts, as well as in two of three wheat contracts, trimmed short positions in the week to Tuesday October 1, helping reduce net short positions, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday October 4.
4 Oct 2024 | Marcela Caetano
Brazilian soybean exports fell by 4.5% in September to 6.1 million tonnes, while corn shipments were 26.6% lower year over year, customs data released on Friday October 4 showed. The country exported 6.4 million tonnes of soybeans a year earlier.
4 Oct 2024 | Masha Belikova
The Russian government marginally increased the export taxes for wheat and barley for the week from October 9 to October 15 but reduced the rate for corn, according to a note published by the country’s agriculture ministry on Friday October 4.
4 Oct 2024 | Agricensus staff
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4 Oct 2024 | Jocelyn Garcia
The total area of corn planted in Argentina for the 2023/24 marketing year amounted to 7.9 million hectares, which represents an increase of 9.1% compared to the five-year average, according to an updated Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BAGE) report using satellite images that was published on Friday October 4.
Russian wheat exports through Black Sea ports recovered after a two-week decline, with support from Egyptian and Algerian tender coverage, a Fastmarkets analysis showed on Friday October 4.