Hard Red Winter Wheat May '25 (KEK25)
Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary
Wheat is showing early Wednesday losses of double digits across the three exchanges.  The wheat complex posted losses across three markets on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures were 8 to 13 ¼ cents in the red at the close. There were another 41 deliveries issued against May futures overnight. KC HRW futures were down 3 to 5 3/4 cents on Tuesday.  MPLS spring wheat was 3 to 4 1/2 cents lower at the final bell.
Crude oil is down $7.67 this morning following the US and Iran closing in on reaching a memorandum of understanding that would, among other things, allow for the safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as well as a path to ending to conflict.
Crop Progress data showed the US spring wheat crop at 32% planted, now 3 percentage points behind the pace from the last 5 years (35%). Planting progress in MN was 12% back of average, with ND 5% behind normal. Emergence was pegged at 10%.Â
The winter wheat crop was at 49% headed by Sunday, which was 17 percentage points head... Read more
Barchart · 25 minutes ago
Wheat is showing early Wednesday losses of double digits across the three exchanges. The wheat complex posted losses across three markets on Tuesday....
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Barchart · Tue May 5, 5:18PM CDT
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