# Revenue Potential, Weather Conditions to Cut U.S. Spring Wheat Area - U.S. Wheat Associates

> USDA's March Prospective Plantings report projects US spring wheat area at 14.2 million acres, down 7% from 2018, including 12.4 million acres of hard red spring. Durum area is forecast to fall 25% as North Dakota farmers switch to hard red spring because of premium spreads. Weather and price concerns are cited as further reasons for lower spring wheat planting.

- Date: 2019-04-04 · published 2019-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11380-revenue-potential-weather-conditions-to-cut-u-s-spring-wheat-area-u-s-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Smaller spring wheat acreage tightens expected supply and supports spring wheat and milling wheat prices. The shift away from durum also reflects changing premium relationships among wheat classes.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-19 | [Weather Continues to Affect Global Wheat Production - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62993-weather-continues-to-affect-global-wheat-production-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.7% | +8.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-14 | [Income Potential and Weather Fight Against Winter Wheat Seeding for 2020 - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55127-income-potential-and-weather-fight-against-winter-wheat-seeding-for-2020-u-s.md) | -0.1% | -4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-03-22 | [Global Winter Wheat Condition a Mixed Bag - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65938-global-winter-wheat-condition-a-mixed-bag-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.1% | +4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-19 | [Competing for Acres: 2018/19 Global Wheat Production to Fall - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65487-competing-for-acres-2018-19-global-wheat-production-to-fall-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.3% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-02 | [U.S. High-Protein Wheat Supplies Tightening - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68043-u-s-high-protein-wheat-supplies-tightening-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- uswheat.org: https://uswheat.org/wheatletter/revenue-potential-weather-conditions-to-cut-u-s-spring-wheat-area/

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