UK feed wheat futures for May 2023 closed at £245.00/t, with the new-crop November contract at £241.50/t. Concern over Ukraine's grain corridor is growing as fighting escalates, and a record Brazilian soybean harvest is pressuring US soybean futures.
Uncertainty over the Black Sea corridor supports wheat prices, while a large Brazilian soybean crop weighs on soy and meal values ahead of South American export season.
After 361 past bullish geopolitics events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.7% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -1.4% to +3.7%), and +1.3% over 20.
After 53 past bearish geopolitics events, Soybeans moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -1.9% to +1.2%), and +1.0% 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.