Agriculture news and market analysis

Know what's moving your markets and the forces driving change with Fastmarkets agriculture news

Agriculture news shows that the market is transforming before our eyes. At one level there is structural change as the global market increasingly decentralizes into a complex market of markets. At another level there is just the constant change driven from severe weather, geopolitical tensions, nation’s domestic priorities, surging biofuel demand and growing food insecurity concerns.

The sheer weight of both creates a volatile, noisy market. A market where it is both challenging to stay apace with market news and even harder to determine what the news really means – separating out signal from noise.

Fastmarkets Agriculture provides agriculture news from across the globe from experts immersed in the markets so we can give you visibility and meaning. Our news and market intelligence goes beyond the headlines.

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Latest agriculture news and market insights

Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment of AG-FML-0007 Feathermeal, fob Alabama/Georgia, $/short ton, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday December 17, 2024. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The recently concluded EU-Mercosur free-trade agreement, after 25 years of negotiation, is expected to have limited immediate impact on South American agricultural exports to Europe.

The Exchange for Physical (EFP) process in the futures market allows companies to manage commodity price risk by exchanging futures contracts for physical commodities, providing flexibility, price certainty, and operational efficiency.

Fastmarkets has corrected its AG-CH-0021 Hides, Brazil Frigorificos full-substrate wet-blue, TR2, green, cfr Brazil, 46-48kg, $/sq ft, which was published incorrectly on December 5, 2024.

The French corn harvest advanced by 7 percentage points in the week to Monday November 25, with 89% of the total planted area now harvested, according to the latest weekly report from FranceAgriMer.

A renewable fuel production facility for hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is set to be established at the Port of Riga, Latvia, making it the first of its kind in the Baltics, the port announced on Tuesday November 26.

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