# Poor Winter Wheat - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

> Heavy snow and freezing temperatures in mid-May flattened and lodged winter wheat across Colorado, western Kansas and parts of Nebraska. New-crop wheat futures climbed as much as 20 cents per bushel after the storm. Crop tours also pointed to lower yields.

- Date: 2017-05-18 · published 2017-05-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10220-poor-winter-wheat-ag-information-network-of-the-west
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lodging and crop damage reduce expected 2017/18 wheat production and ending stocks, supporting prices above the projected $4.30 per bushel. Lodging also raises disease risk, adding further yield uncertainty.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-22 | 1 | +2.7% | 3.4 | Mid-May snow and freeze damage to Plains winter wheat, with lower yield estimates, tightened supply expectations and lifted new-crop futures, which likely spilled over into SRW. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2019-06-04 | [Marketline Report for Tuesday, June 4th - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8682-marketline-report-for-tuesday-june-4th-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | -6.9% | -10.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-03-06 | [Winter wheat up on early emergence, dry weather - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72048-winter-wheat-up-on-early-emergence-dry-weather-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.6% | -9.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-06-22 | [Plains Drought Cuts Winter Wheat Production Forecast \| Agriculture of America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18860-plains-drought-cuts-winter-wheat-production-forecast-agriculture-of-america.md) | -5.1% | +12.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-09-21 | [U.S. winter wheat plantings might be smaller \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8511-u-s-winter-wheat-plantings-might-be-smaller-the-western-producer.md) | +2.5% | -4.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-04-29 | [U.S. hard red winter wheat crop finds itself in trouble \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19780-u-s-hard-red-winter-wheat-crop-finds-itself-in-trouble-the-western-producer.md) | -2.8% | -3.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-02 | [Wheat Spike - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9688-wheat-spike-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +3.5% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-06-04 | [Marketline Report for Tuesday, June 4th - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8682-marketline-report-for-tuesday-june-4th-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +2.7% | -4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-19 | [The reduction in sowing areas of winter wheat in the EU almost does not reduce the crop in the new season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54537-the-reduction-in-sowing-areas-of-winter-wheat-in-the-eu-almost-does-not-reduce.md) | -1.6% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- aginfo.net: https://www.aginfo.net/report/37105/Idaho-Ag-Today/Poor-Winter-Wheat

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