Prices of coarse grains followed mixed month-on-month trends in May and June 2026 across the subregion, but they were higher year-on-year in most countries, also supported by rising fuel prices due to ongoing supply chain disruptions linked to the Middle [...]

Across monitored markets in the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea countries, prices of maize, millet and sorghum followed mixed month-on-month trends in May and June 2026 but generally remained lower than a year earlier.   In Mali, wholesale prices of local sorghum [...]

Maize prices followed typical seasonal downward trends across most of the subregion in May and June 2026, supported by estimated record harvests in South Africa and Zambia, the subregion’s two largest producers and leading exporters, which increased domestic availability and [...]

In June 2026, domestic rice prices exhibited mixed month-on-month trends across most countries in the subregion. In Thailand, wholesale prices of 5 percent and 25 percent broken rice in the Bangkok Market continued to rise sharply, increasing by approximately 15 [...]

Wheat export prices decreased month-on-month in the Russian Federation and Ukraine in June 2026, while they increased in Kazakhstan. In the Russian Federation, wheat export prices (offer, f.o.b., deep-sea ports) decreased by about 2 percent in June, reflecting the depreciation [...]

Wholesale white maize prices mostly strengthen across the subregion in June 2026, except for Mexico, where maize prices remained stable or decreased seasonally. In June, wholesale prices of white maize were stable or declined month-on-month across monitored markets in Mexico, [...]

Wholesale prices of yellow maize exhibited mixed month-on-month trends across the subregion in June 2026. In Argentina, prices of yellow maize remained nearly unchanged month-on-month in June 2026, as the upward pressure on prices from strong export demand was counterbalanced [...]