Wheat price surge May 20, 2020
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Started by metmike - May 20, 2020, 4:31 p.m.

Wheat rallies on Black Sea dryness, soybeans gain against Brazil

https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/wheat-rallies-on-black-sea-dryness-soybeans-gain-against-brazil?s=

Reuters


   

CHICAGO — Chicago wheat futures gained on Wednesday as dryness in Russia and a weak crop outlook across the Great Plains lifted the market.


The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade climbed 15 cents to $5.13-3/4 a bushel, after touching a two-month low on Monday.


Wheat prices had slumped as European rain gave hope to drought-stricken crops, but persistent dryness in the Black Sea region offered support. A decline in U.S. winter wheat crop ratings last week and below-expected crop outlook during a Kansas wheat tour this week also buoyed the market.

“This spring’s drought did irreversible damage,” said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for INTL FCStone, noting that Russian crop conditions move the U.S. market more than its own crop outlook.


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea

Black Sea
Black Sea map.pngThe location of the Black Sea


VHI maps are showing very bad crop conditions in EU. Conditions worsened further last week especially part of France, Germany, Poland and UK.

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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 6:40 p.m.
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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 9:49 p.m.
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TractorRussian farmers planting #wheat at record pace, +41% YOY (!), on favorable weather. The biggest increase is in Siberia and Urals. Sub 12 mln ha of spring wheat (WASDE) looks low.Image

By metmike - May 20, 2020, 9:52 p.m.
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Dave Reiter@TradesByDave

What happened to wheat? Nasty. #Wheat

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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 9:53 p.m.
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Straw_hats@Strawhats7·

I found the drought in Russia.....what a load of rubbish #wheat #wheatisaweed

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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 9:56 p.m.
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ammeundmueller@ammeundmueller·

#Russia #wheat #exports fact sheet. According to initial estimates, the shipments will decrease in May, also through Covid-19; nonetheless, Russia is heading for the 3rd best export year and has a big harvest 20/21 ahead.

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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 9:58 p.m.
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Darin D. Fessler@DDFalpha

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Big day for KC Jul as we enter a 5 & 15yr bullish seasonal pattern & #wheat production number out later this AM. 20EMA continues to act as solid resistance on the close. 469'6-472'4 area needs to hold as support or extension lower will remain for bears. USDA out at 11A CST.

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Update on July KC #wheat as mentioned last wk extentions lower favored the bears but yesterday's lows & today (so far) could be telling for the bulls here. Close will be key but 445 is interesting IMO. Failure to hold bears will remain in control.

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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 10 p.m.
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Chi #wheat reached multi-months low on good outlook for 2020 world crop. Where to now? Back to 5.8 or 4.2?

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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 10:05 p.m.
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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 10:06 p.m.
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The poorest winter #wheat is in Kansas and Colorado, thanks to drought & freeze damage.

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By metmike - May 20, 2020, 10:12 p.m.
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@KevinVanTrump

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Starting to go backwards a bit...  2020 vs. 2019 Spring Wheat Emerged South Dakota +27% Idaho +14% Washington +13% Montana +13% Minnesota +12% North Dakota -5% Image

By metmike - May 22, 2020, 12:04 a.m.
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Kansas Wheat Tour Total: Agency estimates 284 million bushel crop

Field measurements used in estimate; USDA says 306 million bushels


https://www.agriculture.com/news/crops/kansas-wheat-tour-total-agency-estimates-284-million-bushel-crop

The annual Kansas Wheat Tour did not come to fruition in its usual form in 2020, but that didn’t stop the trade group Kansas Wheat from undertaking its own virtual tour of the state’s Hard Wheat Crop this week. 

Input from farmers, extension agents, specialists and crop advisors was great enough that Kansas Wheat estimates the Kansas wheat crop will total 284.4 million bushels, well short of last year’s 338 million bushel total. The average yield is estimated at 44.5 bushels per acre, from 6.4 million acres.  Last year’s harvested acreage in Kansas was 6.5 million acres, with an average yield of 47.0 bushels per acre. 

Today’s portion of the wheat tour covered central and eastern Kansas.

 

Dave Green, chief executive officer of the Wheat Quality Council – which normally hosts the Wheat Tour – visited fields in five counties in central Kansas. Yield counts taken in fields within those counties averaged 53 bushels per acre. Fields were clean and free of disease and freeze damage, Green says. 

Romulo Lollato, Extension agronomist at Kansas State University, toured fields in central and south central Kansas, which arguably has the best wheat yield prospects in Kansas. He made 14 field stops in central Kansas, with yields ranging from 21 to 83 bushels per acre and a 52 bushel per acre average. There was some freeze damage, some drought damage and some stripe rust.

By metmike - May 22, 2020, 12:11 a.m.
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https://www.hpj.com/crops/virtual-wheat-tour-wraps-up-284-4-million-bushel-potential-in-kansas/article_f8eb2f5c-9bb2-11ea-815b-17a9522834c4.html


      

                       
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By metmike - May 22, 2020, 11:41 a.m.
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