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The DTN brief reports a large western ridge with troughs over Canada, unusually warm temperatures, and frost damage in the Central and Southern Plains. Little precipitation is forecast for the Plains, and drought is growing in the southwestern Plains.
Winter wheat conditions are expected to deteriorate.
Frost damage followed by heat and dryness hurts Plains winter wheat, which can support hard red winter wheat prices.
dtnpf.comJohn BaranickMar 19, 2026After 322 past bullish weather events, KWHEAT moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -2.5% to +3.2%), and +1.0% 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.
