Market updates on oilseeds with up-to-date price trends
Oilseeds
Apr 17, 2025

Sesame seeds: good start to the season in Mozambique

NEW DELHI/MAPUTO. While the Indian sesame seed market is struggling with cash problems, farmers in Mozambique have had a promising start to the season. Brazil wants to expand its trade with China.
Oilseeds
Apr 16, 2025

Sunflower seeds: sowing in Ukraine is progressing slowly

SOFIA/KYIV. The sunflower seed market is largely quiet. Sowing is underway in the European growing countries. High prices are slowing down trading activity.
Oilseeds
Apr 16, 2025

Flaxseed: Canada's crop forecast not definite

OTTAWA/ASTANA. Market experts are sceptical about Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's low cultivation forecast. In the Kazakh flaxseed market, prices are maintaining the higher levels of recent weeks.
Nuts
Apr 14, 2025

Peanuts: price declines seem inevitable

NEW DELHI/BRASÍLIA. Although Indian peanut prices are currently holding steady, market experts predict them to decline in the near future. Trump's ever changing tariff threats are causing additional chaos. In South America, the harvest is coming to an end.
Oilseeds
Apr 10, 2025

Sesame seeds: new crop reaches trade markets

NEW DELHI/DODOMA. In four to six weeks, the majority of the Indian summer crop will arrive on the markets, but the first positions are already available. Indian sesame farmers have slightly increased the acreage compared to last year.
Oilseeds
Apr 9, 2025

Sunflower seeds: Ukrainian farmers start sowing

SOFIA/KYIV. Farmers in Ukraine have started sowing sunflower seeds for the 2025/2026 crop. Favourable weather conditions at the beginning of the growing season also give hope for the crops in the EU countries.
Nuts
Apr 7, 2025

Peanuts: exporters are walking a fine line

NEW DELHI/ATLANTA. Indian peanut exporters are currently facing particular challenges, and farmers are already drawing the consequences. The demand for US peanuts has decreased after Trump's tariffs.
Grains
Apr 4, 2025

Grains and oilseeds: tariffs drive market

BRUSSELS. Trump’s new round of tariffs has adversely impacted wheat, corn and soy. Yet, the story is totally different for canola.
Oilseeds
Apr 3, 2025

Sesame seeds: Pakistan increases exports to China by 280%

NEW DELHI/BEIJING. The Indian sesame seed market is still characterised by low trading activity. However, the first quantities from the new crop are expected to arrive on the markets from mid-April.
Oilseeds
Apr 3, 2025

Flaxseed: Canada's stocks could fall to record low

OTTAWA/ASTANA. Trade differences and tariff disputes would actually be a good basis for Canadian farmers to grow more flaxseed this season. However, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expects a different development.
Oilseeds
Apr 3, 2025

Mustard seeds: acreage to halve

OTTAWA. At the beginning of the year, experts were already expecting mustard seed cultivation in Canada to decline this year. However, the confirmed halving of the acreage came as a surprise to many.
Oilseeds
Apr 1, 2025

Sunflower seeds: EU Commission expects 20% larger crop

SOFIA/DALIAN. The European Commission expects production to increase by 20% in 2025 compared to last year. In Romania alone, higher yields are expected to increase the sunflower seed crop by almost 80%.
Oilseeds
Apr 1, 2025

Pumpkin seeds: prices rise noticeably

DALIAN. Various factors, including increased demand from the USA, are causing prices for Chinese pumpkin seeds to increase. Speculators are already stocking up on goods.
Nuts
Mar 31, 2025

Peanuts: Brazil benefits

NEW DELHI/BRASÍLIA. Due to supply difficulties from Sudan and a renewed trade war with the USA, Brazil could become the most important source of supply for Chinese buyers. Prices in India remain volatile.
Oilseeds
Mar 27, 2025

Sesame seeds: hoped-for rainfall in Tanzania

NEW DELHI/DODOMA. With the coming summer crop, the Indian sesame seed market lacks any basis for rising prices. In Tanzania, farmers have completed sowing.
Oilseeds
Mar 26, 2025

Sunflower seeds: growers could expand cultivation

BUCHAREST/SOFIA. Sunflower seeds are about to be sown in European countries. Good weather conditions and high prices might be an incentive for larger acreages.
Nuts
Mar 24, 2025

Peanuts: good yields in Brazil

NEW DELHI/BRASÍLIA. The peanut harvest in Brazil is about halfway through and growers are satisfied in terms of quantity and quality. In India, prices have fallen slightly.
Oilseeds
Mar 20, 2025

Sesame seeds: summer sowing slightly up on last year

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD. Sowing is progessing well for sesame seeds in India. The area sown is similar in size to last year. Pakistan ranks amongst the top three suppliyng countries in China. India has gained market shares in the EU as recent import statistics show.
Oilseeds
Mar 19, 2025

Flaxseed: still trading high

OTTAWA/ASTANA. Golden flaxseed supplies are very much limited at present. Offers, if issued at all, are only valid for a few hours. Kazakhstan has nearly doubled shipments to the EU.
Oilseeds
Mar 19, 2025

Sunflower seeds: possible supply squeeze ahead

SOFIA/BUCHAREST. Despite the considerable shortfall in production, Romania's exports are up and running for sunflower seeds. Carry-over supplies may indeed be very limited.
Oilseeds
Mar 18, 2025

Blue popps seeds: sowing to fall short of expectations in 2025

OLOMOUC. Sowing has not started yet for poppy seeds, but the area may be smaller than anticipated. Farmers are concerned with prevailing dry conditions.
Nuts
Mar 17, 2025

Peanuts: perplexing trade dynamics

NEW DELHI/ATLANTA. Indian peanuts are indirectly profiting from the US tariffs and their international repercussions. For US exporters the market has become more complex. Aggressive pricing is an issue in Argentina and Brazil. China is closely monitoring international consumption.
Grains
Mar 14, 2025

Grains and oilseeds: EU flashes its teeth

BRUSSELS. Revised crop estimates dominate the scene for wheat. The EU is flashing its teeth in response to Trump’s tariffs, which will affect corn and soybeans. Canada’s canola is receiving a double blow from the US and China.
Oilseeds
Mar 13, 2025

Sesame seeds: sowing for summer crop is underway

NEW DELHI/MAPUTO. In the Indian state of Gujarat, sesame farmers are busy sowing for the summer crop. In Mozambique, heavy tropical storms may have affected the sowing results.
Oilseeds
Mar 12, 2025

Pumpkin seeds: uncertainty dominates the market

DALIAN. The prospect of many farmers wanting to switch from pumpkin seeds to sunflower seeds for the 2025/26 season is causing great uncertainty among Chinese market players. Prices are receiving support from various directions.
Oilseeds
Mar 12, 2025

Sunflower seeds: prices under pressure

SOFIA/KYIV. In the latest report from the US Department of Agriculture, the crop estimates for Russia and Ukraine were subsequently raised. Coceral has revised its cultivation forecast for the 2025 EU sunflower seed crop. Oilseed prices are under pressure.
Nuts
Mar 10, 2025

Peanuts: Indian suppliers benefit from US tariffs

NEW DELHI/BUENOS AIRES. The price trend in India is proving complicated as there are too many factors at play. The quality of the Argentinian crop is excellent, while Chinese shipping companies want to increase freight costs.
Grains
Mar 7, 2025

Grains and oilseeds: strong euro and US tariffs

BRUSSELS. Wheat is under pressure. Ukraine cannot compete against Brazil’s corn. China also turns to Brazil for soybeans. The strong euro is having an impact on European rapeseed prices.
Oilseeds
Mar 6, 2025

Flaxseed: suppliers pull out

OTTAWA/ASTANA. Flaxseed stocks in Canada are at a record low. Market players hope that growers will take advantage of the sowing season so that the country can consolidate its position in the world market.
Oilseeds
Mar 6, 2025

Sesame seeds: India secures lion's share of the tender

NEW DELHI/SEOUL. In addition to Indian suppliers, exporters from Burkina Faso and Nigeria scored in this week's sesame seed tender. Sesame seed stocks in Pakistan are expected to run out.
Oilseeds
Mar 5, 2025

Sunflower seeds: all eyes on sowing

KYIV/DALIAN. Patience is required for the new EU production estimates for sunflower seeds to be issued. Pressue is mounting in Bulgaria. High premiums are decisive for sowing in Ukraine. Warm weather will spur traders into action in China. EU imports are still sluggish.
Nuts
Mar 3, 2025

Peanuts: good prospects for Brazilian crop

NEW DELHI/BRASÍLIA. The Gulfood fair in Dubai has not brought Indian peanut suppliers the sales they had hoped for, and pest infestations are causing problems for farmers. In Brazil, the prospects for the new crop are good – around 10% has been harvested so far.
Oilseeds
Feb 27, 2025

Blue poppy seeds: sowing to start next week

OLOMOUC. Sowing is about to start in the Czech Republic next week, but conditions are far from ideal.
Oilseeds
Feb 27, 2025

Sesame seeds: exports up in India

NEW DELHI/SEOUL. While India won the lion's share of bids for Korean tenders last year, biding is underway for the most recent tender. The EU has already rejected twenty shipments this year. In Burkina Faso the campaign for sesame seeds is nearing the end.
Oilseeds
Feb 26, 2025

Mustard seeds: producers to fill the gap

OTTAWA/BRUSSELS. Canadian traders are highly concerned over the proposed US tariffs. For buyers in the EU mustard seeds from Canada are, however, becoming more attractive.
Oilseeds
Feb 26, 2025

Sunflower seeds: hulled kernels in trouble

KYIV/SOFIA. Oilseed prices are still inching upwards in Ukraine. Demand is lacking for hulled sunflower kernels in Bulgaria.
Oilseeds
Feb 25, 2025

Flaxseed: physical blemishes

ASTANA/OTTAWA. Flaxseed exporters in Kazakhstan report physical blemishes in this year's crop. Traders in Canada are hoping for a rise in demand in Europe, in spite of low supplies.
Nuts
Feb 24, 2025

Peanuts: hoped-for price stabilisation has occurred

NEW DELHI/BUENOS AIRES. After the declines of recent months, Indian suppliers are now pleased to see some stability in peanut prices. In Argentina, the weather is proving to be a decisive factor and the USA is expecting a slight increase in production.
Grains
Feb 21, 2025

Grains and oilseeds: snow offers protection

BRUSSELS. Snow is offering protection for wheat. Brazil may produce more corn, but the story is different for exports. US soybean crushing figures are still impressive. Canada is exporting more canola to the EU.
Oilseeds
Feb 20, 2025

Sesame seeds: new tender issued

NEW DELHI/SEOUL. The new tender from South Korea, which had already been awaited by the sesame seed market, was published at the end of this week. Otherwise, however, the market has been largely quiet.
Oilseeds
Feb 19, 2025

Sunflower seeds: Ukrainian farmers demand higher prices

KYIV/SOFIA. Ukrainian sunflower seed farmers want to further increase the raw material prices, while the market trend should actually indicate otherwise. Bulgaria's imports reflect the high demand from oil mills.
Nuts
Feb 17, 2025

Peanuts: prices could rise soon

NEW DELHI/BUENOS AIRES. A number of factors suggest that Indian peanut prices, which are currently stagnating, could soon rise slightly. In Argentina, there is uncertainty regarding the crop volume, as there is in Brazil.
Oilseeds
Feb 13, 2025

Sesame seeds: Indian export prices down by up to 25%

NEW DELHI/N'DJAMENA. The high competitive pressure on the international market means that prices for Indian sesame seeds are significantly lower than a year ago. In Chad, stocks in the growing regions are running low.
Oilseeds
Feb 13, 2025

Flaxseed: Kazakhstan wants to expand oilseed cultivation

ASTANA/OTTAWA. According to the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture, larger areas are to be sown with oilseeds this year. Prices are stable for the time being.
Oilseeds
Feb 12, 2025

Sunflower seeds: Kazakh results come as a surprise

SOFIA/DALIAN. High prices lead to lower trading activity. Meanwhile, the results for the 2024 Kazakh sunflower seed crop are surprising.
Nuts
Feb 10, 2025

Peanuts: harvest in Brazil is progressing

NEW DELHI/BRASÍLIA. In India, prices have fallen again slightly after last week's rise, and suppliers currently have little hope of an improvement. In Brazil, the weather is proving to be decisive for the new crop.
Grains
Feb 7, 2025

Grains and oilseeds: US tariffs postponed

BRUSSELS. Global demand is an issue for wheat. Rain has improved prospects for corn in Argentina. China has refrained from a full-blown trade war affecting soy. Canada’s canola industry takes a breather after US tariffs are postponed.
Organic Commodities
Feb 7, 2025

Chia seeds: buyers turn to new origins

ASUNCIÓN. Due to the shortfalls in production in South America buyers have turned resourceful in obtaining chia seeds. Prices have certainly surged to unwanted highs.