# Winter wheat crop gets off to good start in U.S. | The Western Producer

> 47% of U.S. winter wheat was rated good to excellent as of Nov. 12, versus 32% a year earlier. Planting was 93% complete and Kansas drought coverage fell sharply. Western Kansas remains dry since planting.

- Date: 2023-11-16 · published 2023-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12255-winter-wheat-crop-gets-off-to-good-start-in-u-s-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Better U.S. winter wheat conditions ease supply concerns and weigh on wheat prices, though dryness in western Kansas is a lingering risk.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2021-04-29 | [European wheat looks good, but dryness worries persist \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47529-european-wheat-looks-good-but-dryness-worries-persist-the-western-producer.md) | +3.0% | -13.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-05-17 | [Forecasts of a good wheat harvest in the US and the EU continue to lower stock prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10908-forecasts-of-a-good-wheat-harvest-in-the-us-and-the-eu-continue-to-lower-stock.md) | +5.6% | -6.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-03-22 | [Good weather increases pressure on the wheat exchange](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10729-good-weather-increases-pressure-on-the-wheat-exchange.md) | -3.3% | -4.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-03-28 | [Changing Weather Patterns Could Favor U.S. Wheat Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36936-changing-weather-patterns-could-favor-u-s-wheat-production.md) | +1.7% | -4.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-04-18 | [Wheat prices fall on US rain, but dry threat remains for winter crop \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65564-wheat-prices-fall-on-us-rain-but-dry-threat-remains-for-winter-crop-farm-online.md) | +2.5% | +6.1% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/news/winter-wheat-crop-gets-off-to-good-start-in-u-s/

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