# Black Sea may hold back world wheat supplies into 2026

> Analysts project the 2025 Black Sea wheat harvest at roughly 79.7 to 82.5 million tons. Trade through the region has been impaired since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, mainly hitting Ukrainian exports and production.

- Date: 2025-04-23 · published 2025-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14211-black-sea-may-hold-back-world-wheat-supplies-into-2026
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A constrained Black Sea wheat crop and export flow tightens global wheat supply, supporting world wheat prices into 2026.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-18 | [Freeze, Snow Effects Likely Cut into World’s High Quality Wheat Supply - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71032-freeze-snow-effects-likely-cut-into-world-s-high-quality-wheat-supply-u-s-wheat.md) | +3.0% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-04 | [Wheat Market Stabilizes, as the Black Sea Weather Remains Dry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53686-wheat-market-stabilizes-as-the-black-sea-weather-remains-dry.md) | +2.3% | +1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-02 | [Grain prices: wheat futures bounce back - 02 May 2017 Premium](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6139-grain-prices-wheat-futures-bounce-back-02-may-2017-premium.md) | -2.3% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-18 | [CBOT wheat prices rise amid moisture shortage in the Black Sea region](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5627-cbot-wheat-prices-rise-amid-moisture-shortage-in-the-black-sea-region.md) | -1.0% | -2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-20 | [Wheat Closes up 38¢ \| Monday, May 20, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4596-wheat-closes-up-38-monday-may-20-2024.md) | +19.7% | +8.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-05-18 | [Freeze, Snow Effects Likely Cut into World’s High Quality Wheat Supply - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71032-freeze-snow-effects-likely-cut-into-world-s-high-quality-wheat-supply-u-s-wheat.md) | +1.5% | +9.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-04-04 | [Wheat Market Stabilizes, as the Black Sea Weather Remains Dry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53686-wheat-market-stabilizes-as-the-black-sea-weather-remains-dry.md) | +4.7% | +2.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-05-02 | [Grain prices: wheat futures bounce back - 02 May 2017 Premium](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6139-grain-prices-wheat-futures-bounce-back-02-may-2017-premium.md) | -4.5% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/black-sea-may-hold-back-world-wheat-supplies-into-2026-2025-04-23/

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