• The end of the previous week was difficult for Euronext grains.
Wheat and corn fell further, following the downward trend of their Chicago-based counterparts, influenced by the persistent climate of global trade tensions. Rapeseed continued to fall, pressured by the daily collapse of canola on the Winnipeg market, reflecting a close correlation between European and North American markets.
Despite a dynamic wheat purchasing activity last week in the Mediterranean basin, French wheat is facing fierce competition from Ukrainian and Romanian origins. The context is complicated by the appreciation of the euro/dollar exchange rate, which reduces the competitiveness of European exports. However, the state of the crops in France, published by FranceAgriMer, remains above last year's levels and stable for winter wheat and winter barley:
- Soft wheat: 73% rated "good to excellent", unchanged from last week, compared to 66% in the same period last year.
- Winter barley: 70% "good to excellent", stable from the previous week, compared to 68% last year.
- durum wheat: 81% "good to excellent", down 1 percentage point from last week, but up 72% from the previous year.
Spring barley sowing reached 92% according to Cereobs, well above the 2020-2024 average of 70%, due to favorable conditions in recent weeks.
Quotations Euronext 17.03.2025/1/XNUMX (GMT+XNUMX)
Wheat (€/t)
| May 2025 | 224.50 | + 1.00 |
| September 2025 | 226.00 | + 2.50 |
| December 2025 | 232.50 | + 2.75 |
| March 2026 | 237.25 | + 2.50 |
| May 2026 | 240.75 | + 3.00 |
Maize (€/t)
| June 2025 | 215.00 | + 1.00 |
| August 2025 | 220.00 | + 1.50 |
| November 2025 | 215.50 | + 0.75 |
| March 2026 | 219.00 | + 1.00 |
| June 2026 | 210.00 | + 6.25 |
Rapeseed (€/t)
| May 2025 | 466.00 | -2.50 |
| August 2025 | 455.50 | -1.50 |
| November 2025 | 459.75 | -0.25 |
| February 2026 | 458.75 | -0.50 |
| May 2026 | 456.75 | -1.0 |
Article written by Gabriela Dan, Editor-in-Chief Arta Albă
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