Hard Red Winter Wheat Jul '25 (KEN25)
Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary
The wheat complex closed with winter wheat weakness, with spring wheat higher on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were steady in some deferreds to 7 1/4 cents lower in the front months, as May was still up 20 ¼ cents this week. KC HRW futures were 1 ½ to 6 cents lower on Friday, with the weekly gain at 46 cents. MPLS spring wheat was up 1 1/4 to 3 3/4 cents, with May up 41 ¾ cents. Crude oil fell $9.12 on the day following Iran agreeing to open the Strait of Hormuz this morning.
Commitment of Traders data showed money managers adding 1,633 contracts to their net short position in CBT wheat at 7,266 contracts as of Tuesday. In KC wheat futures and options, specs added 1,316 contracts to their net long to 16,924 contracts.Â
Export Sales data will from Thursday now has the total commitments for old crop wheat at 24.54 MMT, which is slightly above the USDA projection vs. the 102% average pace. Shipments are 20.69 MMT, which is 84% of USDA’s number and matches the average shipping... Read more
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