Grains

Grains are among the world’s most important agricultural commodities and form the foundation of global food and feed supply chains. The major futures contracts are traded on international exchanges, providing producers and commercial market participants with an efficient way to hedge price risk.

Wheat is one of the most actively traded agricultural commodities globally and serves as a key reference market for commercial price hedging.

Exchanges & Platforms:

        • Euronext – Milling Wheat (MATIF / Euronext Derivatives, Paris) Euronext
        • CME Group – Soft Red Winter Wheat (CME Globex, Chicago) CME Group
        • Kansas City market (HRW Wheat) – Hard Red Winter Wheat (via CME Globex, legacy KCBT market) Kansas City Board of Trade KCBT (CME/legacy market)
        • Minneapolis Grain Exchange – Hard Red Spring Wheat (MGEX / CME Globex) MGEX

Corn is a key agricultural raw material used in animal feed, industrial processing, and export markets. It belongs to the grain complex and is one of the most actively traded agricultural futures worldwide.

Exchanges & Trading Platforms:

        • CME Group / CBOT – Corn Futures, traded via CME Globex (Chicago, USA)
        • Euronext / MATIF – Corn Futures, traded via Euronext Derivatives (Paris, France)

While the CME corn contract serves as the global benchmark, the MATIF contract provides an important regional hedging instrument for European market participants.

Oilseeds such as soybeans and rapeseed are essential raw materials for the vegetable oil and animal feed industries. They play a key role in the global supply of edible oils and protein products. Trading is primarily conducted on specialised futures exchanges that serve both regional and global markets.

Rapeseed is a major European oilseed with a high content of edible and industrial vegetable oil. Hedging is primarily carried out on the European exchange.

Exchanges & Trading Platforms:

        • Euronext / MATIF Paris – Rapeseed Futures, traded via Euronext Derivatives (Paris, France) Euronext

Soybeans are one of the most important oilseeds globally and are primarily used for vegetable oil production and animal feed. They play a central role in international agricultural supply chains.
Exchanges & Trading Platforms:
        • CME Group – Soybean Futures, traded via CME Globex (Chicago, USA) CME Group

Soybean meal is a key protein source in animal feed markets. Price risk management is mainly carried out in the United States via futures contracts.

Exchanges & Trading Platforms:

        • CME Group – Soybean Meal Futures, traded via CME Globex (Chicago, USA) CME Group

Soybean oil is used both as an edible oil and an industrial feedstock and represents a key futures contract for hedging price risk within the oilseed complex.

Exchanges & Trading Platforms:

        • CME Group – Soybean Oil Futures, traded via CME Globex (Chicago, USA) CME Group