Cereals are among the most important agricultural crops worldwide and form the basis of human and animal nutrition. It is a collective term for plant species from the sweet grass family whose grains are used as food or animal feed. The most important cereals include wheat, maize, barley, oats, rye and triticale. These plants differ in terms of their requirements in terms of climate, soil conditions and cultivation methods, but play a central role in the agricultural economy in all growing regions.
Cereals have a prominent position in agriculture as they can be grown on large areas and have a high yield stability. Cereal products such as flour, semolina, flakes or starch are central components of numerous foodstuffs. In addition to human nutrition, grain is also of economic relevance for animal feed and industrial processing - for the production of bioethanol, for example. The global trade flows of grain are significantly influenced by the yields of the harvest seasons, climatic conditions and geopolitical developments.
The pricing of grain on agricultural futures exchanges is particularly dynamic and is driven by factors such as fluctuations in supply and demand, inventories, export policy and speculation. The digital information platform www.zmp.de provides farmers, traders and processors with up-to-date market data, price analyses and forecasts for the relevant grain varieties. This enables well-founded decisions along the entire value chain of agricultural trade and supports the strategic marketing of grain in a globally networked agricultural market.
ZMP Live provides up-to-date information, data and prices on all aspects of cereals exchange prices. Real-time MATIF wheat prices & MATIF corn prices round off the offer for ZMP Live+ Gold customers. Current CBOT wheat prices & current CBOT corn prices are also part of the ZMP Live service offering for grain agricultural market information as well as grain exchange news, customizable cockpits, grain charts and our popular forum.
