Jurphaas Lugtenburg | Market Reporter Soft Commodities at DCA Market Intelligence

Jurphaas Lugtenburg is an arable crop market analyst at DCA Market Intelligence, focused on potatoes, onions, grains and feed in European and global markets. Bringing both hands-on farming experience and professional analysis, he bridges practice and data.

At DCA Market Intelligence, he tracks prices, supply–demand shifts and supply-chain dynamics, delivering harvest and storage assessments, trading-flow analysis and policy impacts. His research helps growers, traders and processors anticipate market turns, manage risk and identify opportunities.

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Analysis|Published: Yesterday 12:47 PM CET

German cooperatives are somewhat more positive about grains

China would buy significant volumes of grain and soy in the US. That was the gist of Trump's message after his meeting with Xi. We are now more than a week later, and players in the grain market see little concrete evidence that China is actually buying large volumes. This has already been expected in the futures market prices. A more positive tone is coming from Germany. A favorable exchange rate of the euro could give European exports a boost, according to DRV.

Analysis|Published: Nov 6, 2025

Russia wants to double grain export quota

The Kremlin may possibly nearly double the grain export quota to 20 million tonnes. In addition to wheat, maize and barley would also fall under the quota according to the draft document. In the US, trade is still under the influence of China. From Beijing came confirmation yesterday that the import tariffs on American agricultural products are being reduced.

Analysis|Published: Nov 4, 2025

After soy, now wheat in the sights of China

It was mainly soy that dominated the news in recent days. However, there was a change in the last trading session. According to Bloomberg, China would be in the market for wheat. Wheat saw a significant rise due to the news on the CBoT. This presents a risk for American exporters, warn various analysts.

Analysis|Published: Oct 31, 2025

Onion market is on edge how much more is there to stretch?

What is in store for the onion market? That question is being asked by many growers and sorters after the prices for onions are rising quite easily. As usual, everyone reasons a bit in terms of their own wallet.

Analysis|Published: Oct 31, 2025

‘Farmers need to buy land and larger tractors’

The volatility of the cryptocurrency is still manageable when you see what is happening with soy, you could say with a wink. China is once again fully entering the market for American agricultural products according to Donald Trump. Better order a new tractor, is Trump's advice to the farmers in his country. In Russia, snow is throwing a wrench in the works for the last piece of the grain harvest.

Analysis|Published: Oct 28, 2025

Grain market prepares for agreement between US and China

The summit later this week between Trump and Xi is causing a stir in the grain market. A bit of a head start is already being taken on an agreement, although that is by no means certain. The season for the winter grains of the 2026 harvest has started well. That is at least the conclusion we can draw from the Mars Bulletin published yesterday.