# 1415. World Food Price Trends, December 2025 | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences | JIRCAS

> The FAO World Food Price Index averaged 124.3 points in December 2025, down 0.6% from November, on lower dairy, meat and vegetable oil indexes. The cereal index rose 1.7% on Black Sea wheat concerns and strong corn export demand, and the FAO Rice Price Index rose 4.3%.

- Date: 2026-01-13 · published 2026-01-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12588-1415-world-food-price-trends-december-2025-japan-international-research-center
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher cereal and rice sub-indexes point to firmer global grain prices heading into 2026, even as oversupply still caps wheat. Lower meat and dairy indexes signal softer demand pressure in those segments.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-09-08 | [1335. World Food Price Trends, August 2025 \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23025-1335-world-food-price-trends-august-2025-japan-international-research-center.md) | -0.1% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2024-01-11 | [932. December 2023 World Food Price Index \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32196-932-december-2023-world-food-price-index-japan-international-research-center.md) | -1.3% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2021-01-07 | [World food prices rise for seventh month in a row in December - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49246-world-food-prices-rise-for-seventh-month-in-a-row-in-december-world-reliefweb.md) | +5.6% | +13.4% |
| CORN | 2023-01-05 | [Canada's International Trade for November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37751-canada-s-international-trade-for-november.md) | +0.3% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-08 | [Ukraine war drives international food prices to ‘new all-time high’ \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14496-ukraine-war-drives-international-food-prices-to-new-all-time-high-un-news.md) | -0.7% | -6.4% |
| RICE | 2024-01-11 | [932. December 2023 World Food Price Index \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32196-932-december-2023-world-food-price-index-japan-international-research-center.md) | +2.7% | +8.9% |
| RICE | 2024-01-05 | [World food price index ends 2023 some 10% below 2022 levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6744-world-food-price-index-ends-2023-some-10-below-2022-levels.md) | +1.4% | +8.9% |
| RICE | 2020-12-03 | [World food price index jumps in November to almost six-year high - FAO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5276-world-food-price-index-jumps-in-november-to-almost-six-year-high-fao.md) | -0.7% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- jircas.go.jp: https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/program/proc/blog/20260113

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