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: May 15, 2026

Onion sales within Europe are picking up somewhat

The season for the onions from the 2025 harvest is approaching its climax. Opinions differ on what we can still expect over roughly the last month. Read more about sales and price differences in onions.

Analysis|Published: May 12, 2026

Trump's summit in China supports the grain market

Geopolitical tensions and the weather in the US are giving the grain market support. This week Trump is visiting China and in the run-up to the summit Beijing could buy extra American soybeans to appease the American president. Read more about the price developments.

Analysis|Published: May 11, 2026

Sugar balances between ample supply and high oil prices

The sugar market remains finely balanced. On the one hand, signals of a more abundant global supply are weighing on prices, especially due to higher production prospects in India and a solid harvest in Brazil. On the other hand, higher oil prices and related geopolitical tensions are providing support. As a result, the market remains volatile and the direction is far from clear.

Analysis|Published: May 8, 2026

Crop insurance has to save the season for Idaho growers

It is dry in Idaho, the University of Idaho writes. A mild winter, one of the mildest ever measured, with little rain and snow is causing a challenging start to the growing season in the potato state par excellence of the US. There is hardly any moisture in the soil and the reserves for irrigation are insufficiently filled.

Analysis|Published: May 8, 2026

French wheat in better shape than last year

It is on the dry side but the growing season in western Europe is not unfavorable for grains. That is clear from the new figures from France on the condition of wheat and barley there. In the US, drought is a bigger problem. Frost has now also been added on the southern prairies there. Still, the weather premium in wheat on the CBoT is being lowered somewhat. Read more about the wheat market and weather premium

Analysis|Published: May 7, 2026

Drought is hitting American wheat growers hard

The wheat yield in the American state of Oklahoma is, to put it mildly, far from impressive. According to the crop tour, the average yield remains stuck at 1.5 tonnes per hectare, only marginally below the level seen during the dry year of 2023. Nevertheless, the news has had little impact on the market. Geopolitical developments, and in particular the prospect of an end to the conflict between the US and Iran, are weighing more heavily on sentiment.