3 Nations to Influence Wheat Price Direction in 2025
Insight Focus Extreme weather is impacting wheat production, while Rus...
Russia Continues to Undercut in Wheat Market
Insight Focus Despite a smaller crop, Russia continues to export at pa...
Black Sea Influence Complicates Wheat Market
Insight Focus Black Sea developments have impacted the wheat market....
Low Global Wheat Stocks Finally Turn the Market Bullish
Insight Focus Wheat prices in 2024 are increasingly volatile. Ge...
Global Wheat Markets Face Uncertainty Amid Varying Harvests
Insight Focus Wheat markets have been highly volatile in 2024. Prices ...
Profitability Amid Wheat Price Volatility
Insight Focus Wheat markets continue their volatile ups and down...
Understanding Wheat Harvests Part 2: The Good, The Bad (and The Storekeeper)
Insight Focus We continue to assess what makes a ‘good&rsq...
Understanding Wheat Harvests Part 1: The Good, The Bad (and The Unpredictable)
Insight Focus With the US winter wheat harvest last reported at 71% co...
Mixed Messages Keep the Wheat Market Volatile
Insight Focus US crops are looking good, while parts of Europe struggl...
Is the Wheat Market Fundamentally Changing?
Insight Focus Since the US wheat harvest began, the market has plummet...
Wheat Trading Strategies For Periods of Volatility
Insight Focus Turbulent markets can make decision making a tough proce...
Russian Frosts Feed the Wheat Bulls
Insight Focus The wheat markets have rallied significantly over recent...
Russia, USDA Estimates Keep Wheat Market Moving
Insight Focus The USDA published its first wheat supply and demand est...
Wheat Prices Explode but Outlook Remains Complicated
Insight Focus Wheat prices jumped as much as 10% in some markets last ...
India Poses Major Wheat Trade Flow Surprise
The US Department of Agriculture has flagged that India’s wheat stoc...
World Enters a Difficult Period for Wheat Trading Decisions
Insight Focus We are in a period of turmoil between the old crop and t...
China, Russia, Funds Create Wheat Market Uncertainties
Insight Focus China has cancelled about 1.5 million tonnes of wheat pu...
New Wheat Crop Could Turn Market Bullish
Insight Focus Wheat prices are near contract lows as supply is plentif...
What’s Next for Wheat Prices?
Insight Focus Wheat prices have been in freefall for some considerable...
How the Wheat Futures Market Functions
Insight Focus Simplifying the wheat market helps to understand it. Eac...
A Simple Guide for Understanding Wheat
Insight Focus Wheat is fascinatingly varied, feeding populations acros...
Wheat – Reflections On 2023 And The Outlook For 2024
Insight Focus 2023 a year of war, weather and changing trade flows wit...
Five Good Decision Making Principles for Wheat Sellers
Insight Focus Wheat sellers often struggle with market volatility. Mar...
How to Make Good Decisions When Buying Wheat
Insight Focus Crazy volatility in markets can be a headache for buyers...
China, India Could Create Wheat Demand Spike
Insight Focus China and India have altered trade flows as they focus o...
Despite Weather, War and Chinese Demand, Wheat Bear Market Persists
Insight Focus Too much rain in Northwest Europe is just as much of a p...
Wheat Stocks, Price Lows And Conflict Add To Complex Market
Insight Focus Hamas attack on Israel stirs further geopolitical concer...
USDA & El Niño Keep Wheat Market Watchers On Alert
Insight Focus USDA numbers cause a wheat price collapse. El Nino keeps...
Wheat Prices Face A Growing Problem In 2024
Insight Focus World ending stocks forecast at their lowest in years. W...
Wheat Prices Down While Stocks Are Low, Diplomats Negotiate
Insight Focus World stocks are at an eight-year low. Market prices are...
Northern Hemisphere Wheat Harvests Continue
Insight Focus Reductions in production in China and India remain a con...
Wheat – Continuing Volatility, Assessing the Road Ahead
Insight Focus Volatility continues as weather, war and politics play t...
Wheat – The Future of Black Sea Grain Exports, a Simple Solution
Insight Focus A collapse of the Black Sea Grain Corridor Agreement. No...
Wheat – Managing Price Risk, the Challenges for Success!
Insight Focus Global wheat price volatility remains scarily high. The ...
Wheat, Managing a Crazy World; WASDE, War & Weather
Insight Focus Managing the turmoil of a crazy market. USDA monthly WAS...
Wheat – Weather and War Prompting Potential Wild Scenarios
Insight Focus Weather is causing concerns in major growing areas world...
Wheat – Assessing the Future of the Black Sea Grain Corridor
Insight Focus Last week saw an extension of the agreement for 60 days....
Wheat’s Wild Week Ahead, Negotiations and Numbers
Insight Focus Black Sea grain corridor negotiation uncertainty. The US...
China Becomes World’s Largest Wheat Importer
Insight Focus China, a new global leader in wheat imports. The Black S...
Recent Concerns for Wheat and Global Food Security
Insight Focus International norms of the past no longer seem to apply....
Wheat’s Remarkable Adaption to a Changing World of Headlines
Insight Focus Uncertainty surrounding exports from the world’s bigge...
Wheat Market’s Potential for an Incredible Change Ahead
Insight Focus War in Ukraine still raging and the Black Sea grain corr...
Wheat – The Uncertainties for 2023
Insight Focus Despite a crazy 2022 now confined to history, 2023 is fu...
Czapp Explains: The Basics of Wheat Part 2
Insight Focus The fundamentals of the global wheat markets. Where they...
Czapp Explains: The Basics of Wheat Part 1
Wheat is classified as a grain, with origins dating back some 10,000 y...
Wheat: A Record-Breaking 2022Â and an Exciting Year Ahead
Opinions Focus Considering the consequences of the extraordinary...
Wheat Bulls or Bears for Christmas?
Opinions Focus The final days of the calendar year may see some intere...
The Wheat Market – Ultimate Stability
Opinions Focus An extraordinary year but wheat markets look more stabl...
Optimism For Wheat Buyers
Opinions Focus Weakening global wheat markets may suggest optimism for...
Reasons Putin Does Not Want To Stop Grain Corridors
Opinions Focus Sevastopol attacks are cited as Russia suspends partici...
Assessing Demand Erosion in the World’s Wheat Markets
Opinions Focus Wheat volumes from the major exporters are lower year o...
Rising Wheat Prices But Not Clear Cut
Insight Focus Putin’s annexations in Ukraine creates further uncerta...
WASDE Sees Lower World Wheat Demand Ahead
Opinions Focus The USDA forecasts lower wheat demand in 2022/23. This ...
Wheat – Global Supply Outlook
Opinions Focus A year of extremes in 2022, assessing the impacts on su...
Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff in 2022
Opinions Focus Northern Hemisphere wheat harvests are in their latter ...
Wheat Market Uncertainty Prevails in Unique Year
Diminishing world stocks, war, heatwaves and global economic turmoil m...
Wheat Market Driven by Heatwaves, Agreements And Economics
Insight Focus European heatwave brings about staggeringly early harves...
How to Stay Calm in A Crazy Wheat Market
Insight Focus Wheat market volatility has been off the scale for month...
Falling Wheat Markets…Why and What Next?
Insight Focus Wheat markets have fallen sharply in recent weeks The la...
Wheat Stocks and the Hit to Russia’s Reputation as a Supplier
Insight Focus Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to disrupt world whe...
Could Russia, China Solve the Wheat Crisis?
Insight Focus Production concerns and the weather add to concerns over...
War, Weather and History – Putting The Wheat Market in Perspective
Insight Focus Russia’s invasion of Ukraine aided the surge in prices...
Wheat’s War-Driven Rally May Be Nearing the End
Insight Focus Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed wheat prices t...
Ukraine Crisis Could Erode Wheat Demand
Insight Focus Black Sea ports remain closed for wheat exports as war c...
Russia’s Strategic Shift Boosts Prospects for Black Sea Wheat Exports
Insight Focus Russia’s move to the east of Ukraine could mean some w...
War in Ukraine Drives Wheat Market’s Mood
Insight Focus Wheat market volatility is tracking geopolitics. Supply ...
Making Sense of a War-Torn Wheat Market
Insight Focus Wheat production looks a mountainous task in Ukraine thi...
Russian Invasion Sends Wheat Prices into Overdrive
Insight Focus Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the wheat market...
What the Conflict Between Russia & Ukraine Means for Wheat
Insight Focus Russia and Ukraine are significant players in the world ...
Looking Beyond the Record-Breaking Wheat Market of 2021
2021 saw record high wheat prices in some regions. Equities, energies,...
The Future of the Wheat Industry
Extraordinary times lead to significant changes. Recent years have pro...
High Fertiliser Prices and the Wheat Industry
Fertiliser prices have been driven to incredibly high levels in 2021. ...
Why Are Wheat Prices So High?
Wheat prices across the globe are either at or approaching record high...
Wheat Highs, Exporters, Importers, and a Changing Market
Global wheat prices are higher than we’ve seen for around 10 years.&...
Wheat Production Alongside the Climate Drive
COP26 will commence on the 31st October and run until the 12th Novembe...
The Farmer’s Wheat Contract: Protection and Pitfalls
When selling wheat, it’s important to understand your obligations an...
Bulls or Bears: Does the WASDE Say Which Will Drive Wheat Prices?
The wheat markets eased off recently since the Northern Hemisphere har...
Price Spread Movement Between Different Types of Wheat
Different types of wheat often have unrelated end uses. Prices can the...
Wheat: COVID, Climate, Corn and China
Harvests are underway in the Northern Hemisphere. Global prices are re...
Wheat and Corn Prices; Is There a Common Ground?
Understanding the basics of corn and wheat can give insight into indiv...
Wheat Prices vs. Other Commodities
Wheat prices, like other commodities, are driven by the basics of supp...
Wheat: How Crop Rotation Drives Price Spreads
Crop rotation is where farmers change what they plant each season to e...
How the Wheat Market Really Works
At first glance, the global wheat futures markets can be quite confusi...
Wheat at Seven-Year High with Russian Export Tax
China’s wheat demand remains high as it attempts to rebuild its ...
Hard or Soft: How Well Do You Know Your Wheat?
Here, we look back through what we’ve learnt about wheat so far. We ...
Lessons We Can Learn from the 2020 Wheat Market
2020 was a year like no other for wheat, with huge harvest variations ...
How This Season’s Wheat Harvests Could Shake Global Trade
December is a good time to look at the world’s wheat harvests and fi...
Wheat Farming: Finding the Right Destination at the Best Price
Last week, we discussed the basic beginnings of a wheat crops’ journ...
Wheat Production: Crucial Points to Consider
We know that farmers produce wheat, and to really understand how the w...
2020: Coronavirus and the Future of Global Wheat Trade
Note: All the data behind this Opinion’s charts comes from the USDAâ...
Global Wheats Stock Hit Record High but Prices Continue to Rise
The 2020 wheat crops have suffered from both drought and flooding. How...
Wheat: Chinese Buying Picks Up, Crop Woes for Argentina
China bought 320k tonnes of US wheat in July, despite the ongoing tens...
The World’s Largest Wheat Users and Importers
In order to understand the major trade flows and how it all fits toget...
The World’s Largest Wheat Producers and Exporters
As we know, markets are shaped by supply and demand. In order to under...
WASDE: Australia Looking at Record Wheat Crop
Last week’s USDA WASDE release showed how a changing picture impacts...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Getting a Better Picture of the 2020 Supply
The US’ harvest is over half-way done, and it’s picking up in Euro...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: The Lull Before the Storm
The world’s wheat markets have been more stable again this week. The...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Prices Continue Down, Are Buyers Now More Interested?
618 words / 3 minute reading time Prices have been under pressure with...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Slow Trade and Production Discrepancies
753 words / 3.5 minute reading time Short term wheat stocks are limite...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Tight Stocks and Unpredictable Weather
597 words / 3 minute reading time Old crop wheat stocks are getting ti...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: A World of Coronavirus and Weather Uncertainty
622 words / 3 minute reading time Will the coronavirus cause demand er...
Coronavirus and the Wheat Market
1,900 words / 9 minute reading time The coronavirus has now impacted a...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Coronavirus Demand Destruction
691 words / 3.5 minute reading time The USDA’s WASDE Release was a g...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: An Unexpected Reversal
665 words / 3 minute reading time There is no party without the big bu...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Trading Turmoil
559 words / 3 minute reading time Short term trade uncertainty w...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Restrictions, the Unknown and the WASDE
680 words / 3 minute reading time Some Useful Acronyms: USDA (United S...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Make or Break?
640 words / 3 minute reading time How is the wheat market faring in th...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Food Security…The 2020 Question?
659 words / 3 minute reading time Panic-buying consumers in the superm...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: The Wheat Market Turns on its Head
596 words / 3 minute reading time The wheat market has rallied sharply...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: The Wheat Markets Cope With Chaos
649 words / 3 minute reading time China has reported no new domestic c...
Weekly Wheat Wonders: Vaccines, Weather and Taxes
659 words / 3 minute reading time Lab tests in China suggest they have...
Optimism or Pessimism for the 2020 Wheat Market?
547 words / 3.5 minute reading time Russia and India are expecting rec...
(NEW) Weekly Wheat Wonders: Drought, Floods, Armyworm and Locusts!
547 words / 3.5 minute reading time The coronavirus continues to push ...
The Coronavirus Hits the Wheat Market Hard
1,176 words / 7 minute reading time The wheat market rose during the f...
Lowest US Winter Wheat Plantings in Over 100 Years?
652 words / 3.5 minute reading time The USDA is publishing its first m...
Global Wheat Markets Finish 2019 On a High
1,074 words / 7 minute reading time The world wheat futures markets ha...
What We Learn About Wheat From The WASDE
857 words / 5.5 minute reading time The US Department of Agriculture (...
What Surprises Are Stirring the Global Wheat Markets?
652 words / 4 minute reading time This last week has seen the world wh...
The Wacky World of Kansas Wheat
Kansas Hard Red Winter Wheat is having a wacky year. Price behaviour h...
NEW: An Introduction to Wheat – Meet the Kernel
1,056 words / 6.5 minute reading time The Basics Grains are a concentr...