Expana

Expana is an agrifood-focused Price Reporting Agency (PRA) and global information provider. It converts pricing data, forecasts, cost modelling and expert analysis into intelligence for commodity markets, serving clients in retail, food manufacturing, agriculture, financial services and industrial production. The company describes itself as the largest agrifood-focused PRA in the world.

Its main product is the Expana integrated agrifood market intelligence platform, which covers the food value chain from agricultural inputs to finished food products. The platform combines frequently updated pricing data, predictive forecasts, cost modelling and expert analysis, and is underpinned by a food commodity database with IOSCO-assured pricing. The underlying data estate comprises more than 41,000 time series and over 70 million data points, alongside nearly 1,500 forward-looking price forecasts.

The technical work spans price reporting, market data aggregation, predictive analytics and forecasting, cost modelling, data analytics and commodity risk analysis. Expana operates globally and was built on the combined legacy of Urner Barry, Mintec, Feedinfo, Tropical Research Services (TRS) and Strategie Grains, drawing on more than 200 years of accumulated expertise in the sector.