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Wheat prices fell on Wednesday, with the March CBOT contract down 9.25 cents to 548.5 cents a bushel. Harvests starting in Argentina and Australia added selling pressure, and Australia's government forecasts a record crop of 31.8 million tons.
A record Australian crop and Southern Hemisphere harvest pressure add to global wheat supply, which tends to keep export prices under pressure.
After 1,006 past bearish report events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.8%), and +0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.