# Wheat export declared amid looming weather risk to crop

> India's decision to allow 2.5 million tonnes of wheat exports, after a gap of nearly four years, is described as poorly timed. Rising temperatures in northern India and moisture deficits in eastern and central wheat regions raise the risk to the harvest. The 2025-26 production target is 119 million tonnes and the area is a record 33.4 million hectares.

- Date: 2026-02-26 · published 2026-02-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20586-wheat-export-declared-amid-looming-weather-risk-to-crop
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Weather stress on the Indian crop could cut harvest size and reduce the exportable surplus that the new quota relies on. If the harvest disappoints, Indian and world wheat prices could firm instead of falling.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-11 | [Erratic Weather Lowers India’s Chance to Reap Record Wheat Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31140-erratic-weather-lowers-india-s-chance-to-reap-record-wheat-crop.md) | -7.3% | -3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-06 | [Wheat prices are recovering amid increased demand and lower crop forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35513-wheat-prices-are-recovering-amid-increased-demand-and-lower-crop-forecasts.md) | -0.1% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-07 | [UPDATE 1-Europe's wheat crop set to be mixed bag after torrid weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40422-update-1-europe-s-wheat-crop-set-to-be-mixed-bag-after-torrid-weather.md) | -5.1% | -4.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-18 | [Australia’s wheat crop expected to fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71460-australia-s-wheat-crop-expected-to-fall.md) | +1.0% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-29 | [Wheat prices are rising because of the hot and dry weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65065-wheat-prices-are-rising-because-of-the-hot-and-dry-weather.md) | -0.9% | -2.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-06-06 | [Wheat prices are recovering amid increased demand and lower crop forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35513-wheat-prices-are-recovering-amid-increased-demand-and-lower-crop-forecasts.md) | -3.1% | +3.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-05-29 | [Wheat prices are rising because of the hot and dry weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65065-wheat-prices-are-rising-because-of-the-hot-and-dry-weather.md) | -7.5% | -16.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-05-04 | [Farming News - Wheat trade focus is now on new crop and its weather issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65063-farming-news-wheat-trade-focus-is-now-on-new-crop-and-its-weather-issues.md) | -7.3% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- metroindia.net: https://www.metroindia.net/news/articlenews/wheat-export-declared-amid-looming-weather-risk-to-crop--35948

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