# Kansas wheat prices hit 3-year high - Axios Kansas City

> Kansas cash wheat prices rose about 59% year over year to $9.42 a bushel as of Sept. 1, the highest in three years, as Black Sea port attacks tightened global supply. Drought at home cut Kansas's wheat crop to an estimated 191.4 million bushels, down 45%, and farmers abandoned 900,000 planted acres.

- Date: 2026-09-09 · published 2026-09-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17523-kansas-wheat-prices-hit-3-year-high-axios-kansas-city
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Global supply losses lifted hard red winter wheat prices, but the smallest Kansas crop since the early 1960s means most local farmers have little to sell, so the price gain is limited for producers and feed buyers face firmer wheat costs.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2017-05-01 | [US wheat prices soar after storms hit key regions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6136-us-wheat-prices-soar-after-storms-hit-key-regions.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-07-23 | [How High Will Minneapolis Wheat Prices Go?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46135-how-high-will-minneapolis-wheat-prices-go.md) | +3.2% | +9.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-07-01 | [Have wheat prices peaked?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29816-have-wheat-prices-peaked.md) | -2.4% | -5.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-06-30 | [Kansas has one of its smallest wheat crops in 50 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18861-kansas-has-one-of-its-smallest-wheat-crops-in-50-years.md) | +6.6% | +21.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-09-21 | [Wheat prices near multi-year highs as war, weather, and harvest shortfalls converge By Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9695-wheat-prices-near-multi-year-highs-as-war-weather-and-harvest-shortfalls.md) | -4.1% | -10.0% |

## Sources

- axios.com: https://www.axios.com/local/kansas-city/2026/09/09/kansas-wheat-prices-drought-harvest

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