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The World Meteorological Organization has declared the start of the first El Niño in seven years, with a 90% chance it develops in 2023 at moderate strength. The article says the global price impact on wheat and other staples is likely to be modest, though local effects could be severe.
Global wheat supply is unlikely to fall sharply from this event alone, so the price effect is modest and mostly a risk premium. Regional dryness in exporting countries could still tighten wheat supplies.
theconversation.comDavid UbilavaJul 13, 2023After 224 past neutral weather events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.5%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
