Articles By Sam Balf
French farm agency FranceAgriMer crop report released on Friday February 21 showed a steady increase in wheat conditions, while spring barley planting remained slightly behind schedule.
French farm agency FranceAgriMer released the first weekly crop report of the 2025 calendar year, showing crop conditions have remained stable in the week to Monday February 10.
International barley export prices have increased strongly since mid-January amid a pick-up in demand, market participants told Fastmarkets during the week to Thursday February 13.
Euronext’s commitment of traders report in the week to Friday February 7 showed bearish sentiment remained in wheat futures on the exchange, but a large reduction in short positions has narrowed the net short position.
The European Union’s weekly wheat exports amounted to 257,726 tonnes in the week to Sunday February 9, according to initial data from the European Commission.
Algeria’s state-backed grain importing agency, OAIC, has issued a tender for a nominal 50,000 tonnes of milling wheat on Monday February 10, according to a document seen by Fastmarkets.
Tunisia’s state grains agency Office des Céréales (ODC) is understood to have awarded its barley import tender to international trading company Viterra, market participants told Fastmarkets on Friday February 7.
European grain prices have been little changed since US President Donald Trump, threatened the EU with potential tariffs on Saturday February 1.
Exports of milling wheat from Rouen totaled just 7,500 tonnes during the week to February 2 compared with 9,500 tonnes the previous week, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday February 6.
The European Union's weekly wheat exports amounted to 226,910 tonnes in the week to Sunday February 2, according to initial data from the European Commission.
Just 9,500 tonnes of milling wheat was exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday January 29, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday.
Euronext's commitment of traders report in the week to January 22 showed that bearish sentiment remained for wheat futures on the exchange, while long positions were slightly higher week on week, narrowing the net-short position.
Just 11,400 tonnes of milling wheat were exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday January 22, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday January 23.
Euronext's commitment of traders report in the week to Friday January 17 showed an increase in bearish sentiment in wheat futures on the exchange, as the net-short position grew wider over the week.
The European Union's weekly wheat exports amounted to 101,359 tonnes in the week to Sunday January 19, according to initial data from the European Commission.
Just 42,800 tonnes of milling wheat were exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday January 15, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday.
Euronext's commitment of traders report in the week to Friday January 10 shows investors increased their bearish view on wheat futures, raising their net short position to 119,102 lots.
France's state-backed farm agency FranceAgriMer has further reduced its forecast for total wheat exports from the country to 9.74 million tonnes from the previous forecast of 9.76 million tonnes, down by 41.5% from the 16.6 million tonnes exported in the 2023/24 marketing year.
The EU's weekly wheat exports amounted to 219,279 tonnes in the week to Sunday January 12, according to initial data from the European Commission.
Just 31,339 tonnes of milling wheat were exported from Rouen in the week to January 8, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday January 9.