Wheat Dec '24 (ZWZ24)

The wheat complex posted lower trade across the three exchanges on Friday following USDA’s increase to the world stocks projection. Chicago SRW futures were down 4 ¼ to 5 cents on the day. December was up 9 ¼ cents over the week. KC HRW contracts were 4 ½ 6 ½ cents lower at the close, as December managed a 6 ½ cent gain since last Friday. MPLS spring wheat closed down 2 to 6 1/2 cents, as December was 5 ¼ cents higher on the week. 

For the US balance sheet in this morning’s WASDE, USDA revised the old crop stocks 6 mbu lower due to the Grains Stocks report last week, while reducing the production total by 11 mbu to 1.971 bbu, via the Small Grains Summary. Mix in a 10 mbu increase to feed and residual and 10 mbu more imports, and stocks were revised lower by 16 mbu to 812 mbu.

For the World numbers, USDA did show a 1 MMT cut to EU and Russian production, with Ukraine down 0.6 MMT. However, a larger carryover, with 2.36 MMT lower use and smaller exports, helped to raise th... Read more