Grains & cereals covers barley, chickpeas, corn, lentils, oats, quinoa, rice, sorghum, wheat. What moves them together: Weather in a handful of breadbaskets, stocks-to-use ratios, export policy, fertilizer and fuel costs, biofuel mandates, the Black Sea.
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Grains & cereals commodities with top producers and latest prices
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Barley A cereal grown for animal feed and for malting into beer and whisky; the most cold-tolerant of the major grains.
Share of world barley production: Russia 12%, Australia 9.3%, Germany 7.5%, Rest of world 71%.Russia 12%, Australia 9%, Germany 7% (2024)
$80.4/t Feed barley, FOB Black Sea
-40%
Chickpeas A pulse eaten whole or milled into flour, and the base of hummus and falafel.
Share of world chickpeas production: India 65%, Australia 13%, Turkey 3.4%, Rest of world 18%.India 65%, Australia 13%, Turkey 3% (2024)
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Corn Maize: a cereal grown mostly for animal feed and ethanol, and as a staple food in Africa and Latin America.
Share of world corn production: United States 31%, China 24%, Brazil 9.4%, Rest of world 35%.United States 31%, China 24%, Brazil 9% (2024)
$224/t US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export
+21%
Lentils A fast-cooking pulse grown in dry temperate zones and traded heavily into South Asia.
Share of world lentils production: Canada 31%, India 23%, Australia 16%, Rest of world 30%.Canada 31%, India 23%, Australia 16% (2024)
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Oats A cool-climate cereal eaten as flakes and porridge and fed to horses and livestock.
Share of world oats production: Canada 15%, Russia 13%, Poland 7.2%, Rest of world 64%.Canada 15%, Russia 13%, Poland 7% (2024)
$3.44/bu Oats, first-position futures, United States
-1%
Quinoa A high-altitude Andean seed eaten like a grain, which went from local staple to global export crop.
Share of world quinoa production: Peru 69%, Bolivia 30%, Ecuador 0.7%, Rest of world <0.1%.Peru 69%, Bolivia 30%, Ecuador 1% (2024)
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Rice The staple grain of half the world, grown in flooded paddies and traded milled; production is counted as paddy (unmilled).
Share of world rice production: India 27%, China 25%, Bangladesh 7.4%, Rest of world 41%.India 27%, China 25%, Bangladesh 7% (2024)
$471/t Thai 5% broken, Bangkok FOB
+26%
Sorghum A drought-tolerant cereal eaten as a staple across the Sahel and India and fed to livestock elsewhere.
Share of world sorghum production: United States 14%, Nigeria 10%, India 8.4%, Rest of world 68%.United States 14%, Nigeria 10%, India 8% (2024)
$189.5/t US No. 2, Gulf export
+28%
Wheat A cereal grass whose grain is milled into flour for bread, pasta and noodles, and fed to livestock.
Share of world wheat production: China 18%, India 14%, Russia 10%, Rest of world 58%.China 18%, India 14%, Russia 10% (2024)
$330/t US hard red winter, Gulf export
+43%
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Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly indices, 2010 = 100, published 2026-09-02. CC BY 4.0.
Indices are monthly averages and lag the market; informational only, not investment advice.