# Flour millers face supply crunch as wheat farmers tighten grip on stocks | Reuters

> Flour millers are facing a tight supply position as wheat farmers hold back stocks. Limited milling wheat inventories leave millers with little buffer against production shortfalls.

- Date: 2024-11-21 · published 2024-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27440-flour-millers-face-supply-crunch-as-wheat-farmers-tighten-grip-on-stocks-reuters
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

With global wheat reserves projected at a nine-year low, reduced farmer selling and thin buffers raise the risk of a price rally and higher food inflation.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/flour-millers-face-supply-crunch-wheat-farmers-tighten-grip-stocks-2024-11-21/

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