# How Much Weather-Related Damage Has Affected US Winter Wheat?

> Severe storms with high winds, heavy rain and hail have damaged much of the Central and Southern Plains hard red winter wheat crop. A Kansas farmer estimated a 25% loss of yield potential, and heavy rain has delayed harvest and lowered test weights.

- Date: 2025-06-23 · published 2025-06-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24261-how-much-weather-related-damage-has-affected-us-winter-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Yield and quality losses in HRW wheat tighten supply for bread and feed wheat buyers, supporting KC wheat prices and widening its premium over other classes.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2026-05-01 | [Hard Red Winter Wheat Crop Rivals 2023 Disaster After Drought and Freeze Damage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19782-hard-red-winter-wheat-crop-rivals-2023-disaster-after-drought-and-freeze-damage.md) | -3.4% | -4.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-04-25 | [Wheat hits two-week high on dry US weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65543-wheat-hits-two-week-high-on-dry-us-weather.md) | +8.1% | +9.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-04-13 | [U.S. Hard Red Winter Wheat in Drought Adds Supply Concerns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41905-u-s-hard-red-winter-wheat-in-drought-adds-supply-concerns.md) | +0.1% | +2.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-05-03 | [U.S. grains: Wheat futures flat as damage assessed - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7002-u-s-grains-wheat-futures-flat-as-damage-assessed-grainews.md) | -6.1% | -5.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-03-06 | [Winter wheat up on early emergence, dry weather - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72048-winter-wheat-up-on-early-emergence-dry-weather-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.6% | -9.0% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/columns/cash-market-moves/article/2025/06/23/much-weather-related-damage-affected

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