About Ag Digest

Understand the markets behind your next decision.

The Ag Digest brings agriculture news, market data, and practical planning tools together for growers, buyers, and trade professionals.

From Korean wholesale prices and U.S. crop and livestock reports to global commodity benchmarks and international trade flows, we help you understand what’s changing—and what it could mean for your business. Explore the numbers with their sources and dates, follow the news behind them, and use dedicated coffee and beverage tools to work through purchasing and production costs.

Whether you’re choosing when to sell a crop, planning an import, or costing your next roast or brew, Ag Digest helps you put the information together. Available in Korean and English.

Today's auction prices Plans and pricing

Step onto the auction floor

One morning. Six apple lots. Six different prices.

Replay six real sales at Seoul Garak. Select a bar to look inside a lot.

Seoul Garak · ApplesSep 30, 2026

Lot 1 of 603:27 KST

Shinano Gold

Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do

₩5,800/kg

Price per box: ₩58,000; 10 kg per box
Quantity sold: 24 boxes; 240 kg

Each lot, on the same scale

Price per kg

Select a bar to explore a sale

Six selected sales in time order: a historical sample, not a live auction or the full day.

Source: aT auction records. Origin as declared by the shipper. Price per kg is the box price divided by 10 kg; the differences don't measure quality. How to read the prices

Explore the Apple auction desk

The archive today

As of the auction of Sat, Oct 31, 2026

2,805,304
auction lots archived: 183
items priced per kilogram: 5
public wholesale markets, lot by lot: 51
trading days since Sep 2, 2026: 2018
earliest year of settlement prices by grade: all 32 public wholesale markets

Updated nightly, after the markets settle.

What you get

News, weather and today's prices are free. Premium adds depth; Auction Desk opens the lots.

Wholesale auction prices

Today's prices by market

Every lot at Seoul Garak, Busan Eomgung, Daegu Bukbu, Gwangju Gakhwa and Daejeon Ojeong, priced per kilogram.

FreeToday's price per kg at each market, the best market and the last seven trading days
PremiumPrice history since September 2026, market gaps, origin and variety mix, US-dollar prices
PremiumNightly price alerts by app and email
PremiumMonthly settlement prices at Seoul Garak since 2018
Auction DeskThe lot explorer: every lot by variety, origin, package and price
Auction DeskPrice by grade (특·상·중·하) and size, with CSV exports
TeamThe Auction Desk API: lots, daily summaries and grade prices (Team with Auction Desk)

News, Magazine and newsletter

Read the digest

Korean agriculture news, newest first. Every story sourced, translation one click away.

FreeNews in Korean and English: policy, crops, livestock, research, markets
FreeA weekly newsletter in your language
FreeThe Magazine: sourced long-form features
FreeTen translated articles a month
PremiumUnlimited translated articles

Weather

Open the weather desk

Korea Meteorological Administration data for growing conditions. Free, and staying free.

FreeLive weather warnings
FreeThe 24 solar terms mapped to crop risk
FreeSoil temperature and moisture at four depths
FreeDaily readings against the 1991–2020 normals

Market intelligence

Market data

Prices and trade, every figure sourced and dated.

FreeKAMIS national prices, livestock and eggs, US–Korea agri-food trade
FreeUSDA grain supply, demand and market news
PremiumGlobal prices and trade flows by country
PremiumWorkspaces, watchlists, exports and alerts

Coffee desk

The Coffee desk

Costing tools for green coffee buyers and roasters.

PremiumOrigins, varieties and cup profiles
PremiumHarvest calendar by origin
PremiumLanded-cost and cost-per-cup calculators, origin FX

Beer & Spirits desk

The Beer & Spirits desk

Recipe and yield tools for brewers and distillers.

PremiumHop reference
PremiumGrain-bill to new-make yield calculator
PremiumVerified directory of Korean craft spirits producers

Who it's for

Built for three kinds of reader.

Growers, co-ops and shipping centres
When to ship, and in what pack: today's price by market, the change since the last trading day, and an alert at your price.
Sourcing, distribution and trade analysts
Show where a number came from: five markets on one per-kg scale, grade prices, bilingual CSV and a shared workspace.
Coffee and beverage buyers
Buy against harvests and currencies: landed cost, origin FX, hop and grain references, and the trade news that moves them.

Researchers and journalists: cite the Magazine and any chart's source line.

Sources and methods

Every chart names its publisher and date.

aT, nationwide public wholesale market real-time auction dataEvery lot at five markets, no use restriction
aT, public wholesale market settlement dataPrices by grade and size at all 32 public markets, from 2018
KAMISNational average wholesale and retail prices and the seasonal normal
Korea Customs ServiceImport and export statistics by partner country
UN ComtradeInternational trade statistics by partner country
USDASupply and demand estimates and market news
Korea Meteorological Administration (기상청)Warnings, observations, soil and the solar-term calendar, under 공공누리 Type 1

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Every desk, auction history since September 2026, price alerts, workspaces and exports.

Team

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Premium for up to five people on one bill, with a shared workspace. Add Auction Desk for the API.

Auction Desk add-on: $29 a month on Premium, $89 a month on Team, covering every seat.

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Behind Ag Digest

Ag Digest grew out of the r/Agriculture_In_Korea community. Built in Seoul, it now brings Korean agriculture coverage together with U.S. market data and global commodity and trade context for people who grow, source, and trade.

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