| Name | Value | Date | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | $5.22/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybeans | $12.88/bu | November 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybean meal | $359.00/US ton | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybean oil | $0.6763/lb | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| SRW wheat | $6.88/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| HRW wheat | $7.45/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Live cattle | $220.97/cwt | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Feeder cattle | $329.80/cwt | November 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Lean hogs | $68.50/cwt | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ |
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations convened a global conference in Rome on 22 September 2026 to translate One Health principles into practical action across agrifood systems, unveiling a new livestock data and intelligence platform to support early warning and evidence-based decision-making.
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN Group) has appointed Akbar Ali Shah as its new Managing Director. Shah brings over two decades of FMCG experience, including senior leadership at Reckitt's Sub-Saharan African business, and will oversee grain milling, food processing, and feed milling operations as the group continues to expand across Nigeria's food and agro-industrial value chains.
Innovasea has expanded its AI-powered BiomassPro biomass monitoring platform to include rainbow trout, bringing the total number of supported aquaculture species to eight and giving trout producers access to automated biomass estimation and growth tracking tools.
Ukraine's sunflower harvest is forecast to recover to around 14 million tonnes in 2026, roughly 20% above last year, on improved yields in eastern and southern regions. While the larger crop stabilises raw-material availability for crushers, the effect on hulled kernel supply and prices is expected to be more limited, with bakery kernels holding sideways near 0.90–0.93 EUR/kg FCA.
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 675 introduces mandatory producer-register verification for rapeseed exporters from 1 July 2026 and soybean exporters from 1 September 2026, replacing chamber-of-commerce certificates as the basis for export-duty exemptions. The change raises working-capital and administrative costs for traders and is already contributing to a modest convergence of Ukrainian rapeseed prices toward EU benchmarks.
Chicago corn futures rose on 21 September 2026, driven by trader positioning ahead of US–China talks that could unlock new Chinese grain purchases and by persistent Black Sea supply uncertainties. Gains were broad-based but moderate, with the market still awaiting concrete outcomes from the summit.
ADM plans to enter the voluntary carbon removal market using credits from its corn processing complex in Columbus, Nebraska, which captures more than 800,000 tonnes of biogenic CO₂ per year. The credits will be certified by Puro.earth and are expected to be among the largest offerings of their kind, with initial issuance targeted by end of 2026.
Combined soybean meal exports from Argentina, Brazil and the United States reached a record 73 million tonnes in 2025/26, reinforcing ample feed-ingredient availability and limiting price rallies across the soybean complex, according to CMB News.
Argentina's 2026/27 wheat output is forecast to fall sharply from the previous season's record, while war-related disruptions continue to constrain Black Sea exports. Together, the two developments are tightening global high-quality wheat availability and pushing Chicago futures to a multi-year high, raising import costs for buyers in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Swiss feed producer Granovit AG is acquiring fellow domestic company utro Fikovit AG, consolidating operations at its Kaiseraugst mill after closing utro Fikovit's Emmenbrücke facility in October. No personnel changes are planned, and utro Fikovit's owner Josef Fischer will join Granovit's board of directors.
German feed corn prices remain steady at 0.295 EUR/kg EXW Drentwede amid a drought-reduced domestic harvest, while Ukrainian export corn at Odesa has softened to 0.157–0.159 EUR/kg on CPT and FOB terms, widening the spread between the two origins and keeping EU feed buyers well supplied from Black Sea sources despite ongoing logistics risks.
Pakistan's Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has tendered for 750,000 tonnes of 2026-crop milling wheat on CFR Karachi/Gwadar terms at around USD 320–325 per tonne, but the high landed cost of imports — compounded by freight, port charges, and currency weakness — is expected to support rather than ease domestic wheat prices. Global benchmark prices from Ukraine, the EU, and the US have softened modestly in September, but analysts note Pakistan's firmness is driven by internal cost and currency dynamics rather than global supply tightness.
