Wheat Dec '24 (ZWZ24)
Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary
The wheat complex is trading with sharp midday gains across the three exchanges. Chicago SRW contracts were 13 ¾ to 22 ½ cents higher across the board on the day. KC HRW futures posted 14 ½ to 21 ¾ cent gains at the close. MPLS spring wheat was 13 to 15 1/4 cents higher.
Overnight, there were Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s Novorossiysk port, halting operations at the country’s largest port. Russia responded this morning by striking a vessel in Ukraine’s Odesa port.
NASS Crop Production data from this morning showed 1.531 bbu of wheat output for 2026, down 5 mbu from July. Winter wheat was steady with last month at 990 mbu, with HRW at 463, mbu, down 8 mbu, with SRW unchanged at 287 mbu. Spring wheat was tallied at 474 mbu, down just 1 mbu from last month, with durum at 66 mbu and dropping 5 mbu.
WASDE data tallied ending stocks for 2026/27 at 717 mbu, down 5 mbu due to the production reduction. World ending stocks were raised by 0.41 MMT to 273.25 MMT. That... Read more
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