# Wheat at war | The Star

> The article says heat, drought and drone strikes have cut harvests in major wheat exporters, with the US expected to post its worst wheat harvest in half a century. It also points to Black Sea attacks, Red Sea rerouting, and low Rhine and Danube water raising shipping costs.

- Date: 2026-09-01 · published 2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17431-wheat-at-war-the-star
- 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 poor US crop, Black Sea disruption and higher freight costs tighten global wheat supply and push prices up, especially for hard red winter wheat.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-20 | [Has the Global Wheat Market Changed?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27442-has-the-global-wheat-market-changed.md) | -0.0% | +0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-03 | [Why wheat prices are surging](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12755-why-wheat-prices-are-surging.md) | +0.7% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-14 | [Wheat surges as war weather and short covering collide \| Saxo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7272-wheat-surges-as-war-weather-and-short-covering-collide-saxo.md) | +4.5% | +1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-01 | [Wheat Rises Toward 3-1/2-Year High](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12759-wheat-rises-toward-3-1-2-year-high.md) | +0.8% | +0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-30 | [Wars plus weather scare put wheat on bullish track](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18381-wars-plus-weather-scare-put-wheat-on-bullish-track.md) | -1.3% | +3.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-11-20 | [Has the Global Wheat Market Changed?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27442-has-the-global-wheat-market-changed.md) | -1.4% | -1.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-07-14 | [Wheat surges as war weather and short covering collide \| Saxo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7272-wheat-surges-as-war-weather-and-short-covering-collide-saxo.md) | +10.5% | +8.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-07-30 | [Wars plus weather scare put wheat on bullish track](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18381-wars-plus-weather-scare-put-wheat-on-bullish-track.md) | -1.7% | +9.2% |

## Sources

- thestar.com.my: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/focus/2026/09/01/wheat-at-war

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