Agriculture & Food Market Data
The numbers you need to gauge markets, ready to seize opportunities as the markets move.
Agriculture & Food
Agriculture is the backbone of global food systems, essential for sustaining communities around the world. With food demand expected to rise by 50% by 2050, our mission is to empower farmers, traders, and investors with the critical agriculture and food market data they need to thrive.
We provide over 175 daily price assessments for key commodities, including grains, oilseeds, animal feed and proteins, along with more than 10 years of pricing history for vital crops like rice, sugar, wheat, and corn. Our comprehensive agriculture and food data includes daily prices for 35 rice varieties across 13 countries, as well as over 6 years of soybean price history for Platts price benchmark SOYBEX FOB Santos.
Trusted by traders and producers globally, our independent assessments enable you to navigate market fluctuations with confidence, informing your pricing decisions and mitigating risks. Leverage our expertise to enhance operational efficiency, maximize revenue potential, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving agriculture market.
Our Impact, by the Numbers
Product Features of Agriculture & Food Market Data
Our price data helps you keep up with moving markets, confidently negotiate contracts, manage risk, and develop your trade and investment strategies.
Professionals across the industry trust our food market data every day.
Access Prices for Precise Actions
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Daily Spot and Term Prices
Platts publish daily price assessments that serve as the foundation for your contracts, providing you with the flexibility to capitalize on agriculture market fluctuations and negotiate with confidence.
Every day, traders, refiners, and producers rely on our prices globally to navigate market trends, inform pricing decisions, and mitigate risks in volatile commodity markets.
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Unlock Full Price History
With access to our comprehensive Agriculture & Food Market Data, gain full price history so you can dive into historical price trends, analyze market patterns, and strategize your next moves to stay ahead of the competition.
Our agriculture market data can be delivered how it best suits your systems, whether it’s via desktop or mobile through S&P Global Energy Core, cloud services, data feed or API solutions.
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The Markets We Cover
We have global market coverage for key foods and feedstocks within the agriculture industry, these include:
- Grains
- Oilseeds and vegetable oils
- Animal feed and protein
- Sugar
- Dry freight shipping
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Methodology
We are widely trusted in the global agriculture and food market for providing independent, unbiased Platts assessment process. We gather data from a diverse range of market participants, applying rigorous quality control measures, and adhering to strict editorial guidelines and IOSCO principles.
Key Platts Price Assessments
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North America
Key areas for Platts price assessments in the North American agriculture market include:
- Wheat Canadian CWRS FOB Vancouver
- Dried Distiller Grains CIF New Orleans
- Rice US Gulf Long Grain #2 4% Broken
- FOB NOLA
- 90CL Beef CIF US assessment
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Europe & Middle East
Key areas for Platts price assessments in the European and Middle Eastern agriculture market include:
- Wheat 12.5% FOB Black Sea deep water
- Wheat FOB CVB Basis Constanta
- Corn FOB Black Sea
- Corn FOB CVB Basis Constanta
- Rice Parboiled Milled 5% STX CFR West Africa
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Asia Pacific
Key areas for Platts price assessments in the Asia Pacific agriculture markets include:
- Rice Thai Long Grain White 5% Broken FOB
- Rice Indian Parboiled Milled 5% STX
- Soybeans SOYBEX CFR China
- Wheat APW FOB Australia
- Corn CFR North East Asia
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Latin America
Key areas for Platts price assessments in the Latin American agriculture market include:
- Rice Brazil Long Grain White 5% Broken
- FOB FCL
- Corn Brazil FOB Santos
- Soybeans SOYBEX FOB Santos
- Brazil Beef Marker FCA Santos
Real-Time Price Discovery
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Platts eWindow Market Data
Platts eWindow Market Data brings an immediacy to Platts price discovery process that can’t be experienced anywhere else. Providing real-time trading information, with an at-a-glance view of all named bids, offers and transaction data shared during the Platts Market on Close (MOC) price assessment process.
New Market Entry
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New Market Entry
Protein
Animal protein is a key driver for crops and animal feed markets, which connects global agricultural markets. S&P Global Energy publishes daily Platts prices to provide complete transparency in the supply chain.
Alongside our soybean, corn, wheat assessments in the crop and animal feed sectors, you can now access protein assessments covering beef, poultry, pork, sea food and eggs.
Data & Distribution
Get the edge in today’s global markets with our Essential Intelligence® delivered through the providers and platforms which suit you.
API Solutions
Cloud
Data Feed
Desktop & Mobile
PLATTS PRICE ASSESSMENTS
Methodology
S&P Global Energy methodologies bring consistency and robustness to our natural gas price assessments through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists at every stage of the process.
Why S&P Global Energy?
Unparalleled Experience
For 100+ years, we've delivered Platts price assessments for physical and forward markets. Customers count on us for news, pricing, and analytics, ensuring transparent, efficient markets for confident decisions.
Trusted benchmark pricing
Provides industry benchmark price indices with robust, transparent, proven methodologies, that guarantees data integrity with stringent quality controls, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles.
Integrated European market pricing coverage
Covers 16 European hubs—natural gas, power, renewables, nuclear and coal —in one connected pricing service.
Historical view of Pricing
Comprehensive price history back to 1985 supports deep analysis of historical price trends to better understand the current market dynamics and forecast potential price movements resulting from similar previous geopolitical events.
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