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The global initiative, led by the IGC and IMEAA Ecosystem, spotlighted innovative technology-driven solutions in grains trade digitalisation. The inaugural challenge awarded AgPulse, EdoxOnline and Javelot for their work in market intelligence, trade documentation, interoperability, grain storage and logistics optimisation.

At the 2026 IGC Grains Conference in London, speakers said ample wheat availability and large carryover stocks are changing buyer behaviour in global wheat trade.

Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has completed the acquisition of a controlling 80.01% stake in Olam Agri Holdings in a transaction valued at $1.88 billion.

At EuroGrainExchange 2026 in Bucharest, the panel “Supply chain economics. Major challenges. Are we ‘lost in translation’?” underlined how grain trade is becoming harder to manage as low prices, rising costs, climate stress, fragile logistics and tighter execution margins collide across the supply chain.

Escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are raising risks for grain and food importers across the Gulf by driving up energy, freight and insurance costs and tightening pressure on agricultural supply chains, according to Dr. Sadar Abdul Rasheed, Risk Governance & Industrial Hedging Specialist.

EuroGrainExchange returns to Bucharest for the fourth year in a row on 23–24 April 2026, bringing global grain and oilseed leaders together for two days of market debate and structured networking.

The pendulum of the global agri-commodity market has swung violently. After three years defined by deficits, weather shocks, and price spikes, 2026 has dawned as the year of "Recalibration."

Acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate across 16 countries and territories, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) said, urging urgent humanitarian action in the locations flagged as “hunger hotspots.”

Bushel has acquired GrainBridge, a joint venture owned by ADM and Cargill Incorporated. The acquisition will further connect the grain industry creating a network effect for more than 40% of the grain origination in the U.S. and Canada.