# Wheat Pops Higher on Lower Acreage

> Wheat futures closed higher on Monday after USDA's Prospective Plantings report showed 45.35 million acres of wheat intended for planting, well below the trade guess of 46.53 million. March 1 wheat stocks came in at 1.236 billion bushels, slightly above the trade average.

- Date: 2025-03-31 · published 2025-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25623-wheat-pops-higher-on-lower-acreage
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Acreage well below expectations signals tighter U.S. wheat supply for 2025, which supports prices, though the stocks figure was roughly neutral.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-01 | [CBOT wheat closes higher on USDA acreage data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25167-cbot-wheat-closes-higher-on-usda-acreage-data.md) | -0.8% | +1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-30 | [Wheat closes over 5% higher after USDA report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8790-wheat-closes-over-5-higher-after-usda-report.md) | +2.5% | +4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-30 | [Wheat Trending Higher to Kick Off Monday](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28349-wheat-trending-higher-to-kick-off-monday.md) | +0.6% | -6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-15 | [Does $10 wheat mean more acres? - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41898-does-10-wheat-mean-more-acres-high-plains-journal.md) | -0.7% | +7.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-18 | [International Issues Pushing Wheat Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50201-international-issues-pushing-wheat-prices-higher.md) | -2.6% | +4.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-04-01 | [CBOT wheat closes higher on USDA acreage data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25167-cbot-wheat-closes-higher-on-usda-acreage-data.md) | +0.4% | -7.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-02-17 | [Wheat's merit debated as acreage falls \| HPPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72540-wheat-s-merit-debated-as-acreage-falls-hppr.md) | -0.9% | -1.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-09-30 | [Wheat Trending Higher to Kick Off Monday](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28349-wheat-trending-higher-to-kick-off-monday.md) | +3.7% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- tradingview.com: https://www.tradingview.com/news/barchart:1c4cb338f094b:0-wheat-pops-higher-on-lower-acreage/

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