There are lots of holidays this week and next due to Christian Easter holidays some countries are closed on both Friday 18 (Good Friday) and Monday 21 (Easter Monday). Here in France things are only closed on Monday. Futures trading in the US was quieter this week with lower volume recorded. Corn prices finished the week down by about USD......please click PDF to see more details

This week was another tariff week but this one was combined with a USDA-WASDE week ---- certainly made everything very exciting and painful for some. USA corn prices were up by about USD 12 on the week with US soybeans up by USD please click PDF to see more details

Tariff, tariff, tariff – once again import tariffs from the USA and reciprocal tariffs from other countries are setting the market tone for the week. China has reacted very strongly to USA tariffs while both the EU and the UK are holding back on any tariffs in the hopes that there is some negotiation room with the US.......please click PDF to see more details

New crop corn prices dropped by about USD 5 m/t this week while old crop corn prices moved higher by USD 5 m/t --- as usually happens as we come to the end of the old crop with an anticipation of a great new crop number.......please click PDF to see more details