Agriculture forecasts

Anticipate global agricultural market trends and dynamics

The lack of trusted information or uncertainty about tomorrow costs money, as miscalculating the future direction of the market can negatively impact trading strategies and tactics.

Fastmarkets Agriculture provides objective forecasts on the global agricultural markets. Using our forecasting and analytics services, you will access crucial data projections for strategic planning and decision-making, enabling you to align procurement and pricing strategies with market trends. This not only helps you gain a competitive edge but also minimizes risks associated with market volatility.

Whether you’re involved in commodities trading, supply chain management or strategic planning, our detailed analyses and forecasts empower you to stay ahead of the market.

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While analysis can help predict price movements and trends in the agriculture markets at national, regional and global levels, our forecasts for commodities including grains, oilseeds, animal fats and oils are backed by a thorough IOSCO-approved price reporting service. Our physical cash market assessments reflect all major bulk agricultural products and their derivatives, and span major global trade hubs.
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What makes our forecasts better?

Our unique history of 150+ years in the agriculture space has allowed us to amass data and experience on agricultural commodities that are unrivaled. Continually we survey the markets to gather additional insights on production and pricing so we can better inform our customers. All our data is fed into our augmented intelligence platform where forecasting is created and measured for accuracy and refinement.

We have no positions in the market, therefore our forecasts are an unbiased report of what the data tells us and what our analysts know of the markets.

We share our forecast history so you can see where we’ve been accurate and where we’ve missed the mark. We iterate our measurements based on our results, to continually refine our forecasting abilities.

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Agriculture market insights

Know what’s moving your markets and the forces driving change

Prices for premium-grade tallow increased on Friday, February 14, with ten railcars of technical tallow trading at 56 cents per lb Chicago and ten railcars of edible tallow at 57.5 cents per lb, closing the week on a firm note. Lard also gained, with one railcar trading higher at 52 cents per lb Chicago. This […]

Fastmarkets will not publish any price assessments for US animal fats and oils, animal proteins, biomass-based diesel, hide and leather, grain and feed ingredients, organic/non-GMO and vegetable oils on Monday February 17.

US corn sales for the 2024-25 season were reported at 1.65 million tonnes in the week to February 6, up by 12% from the previous week and by 20% from the prior four-week average, landing within the USDA’s expected range of 800,000-1.7 million tonnes, USDA data showed on Thursday, February 13. Much of the increase […]

Brazilian corn exports amounted to 3.59 million tonnes in January, down by 26.3% from the same month last year. Meanwhile, soybean shipments fell by 62.4% to 1.07 million tonnes, according to customs weekly data on Monday, February 10. In January last year, Brazil exported 4.87 million tonnes of corn and 2.85 million tonnes of soybeans. […]

US Census Bureau data released on Wednesday, February 5 shows calendar year 2024 imports were 18% below import totals in the same period of 2023, while calendar year 2024 exports were 31% below comparative 2023 exports. Biodiesel imports experienced quarter-on-quarter declines in each quarter during 2024. Imports were expected to fall as the market began […]

US processors crush a new all-time record high of 218 million bushels of soybeans

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We recognize the importance of being clear about our price assessment and index process. Our independently audited pricing process aligns with core IOSCO principles. Find out how our price reporters and analysts assess and forecast prices in agriculture, forest products and metals


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