# Grain prices surge as supply comes under pressure - Farmers Weekly

> UK feed wheat November futures reached £199/t, up from £191/t on 17 September. Milling wheat premiums climbed to £36.50/t over feed, with freight availability tight, after poor Canadian and Russian harvests.

- Date: 2021-09-30 · published 2021-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region UK · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45128-grain-prices-surge-as-supply-comes-under-pressure-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Poor Canadian and Russian crops and tight freight are lifting global wheat and feed grain values, which raises feed input costs in Europe.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-24 | [Grain prices pushed higher as weather worries grow - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10294-grain-prices-pushed-higher-as-weather-worries-grow-farmers-weekly.md) | +3.3% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-13 | [Drilling delays push up grain prices - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55998-drilling-delays-push-up-grain-prices-farmers-weekly.md) | +3.2% | +0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-18 | [Global supplies, climate, and political pressure impacting prices for grain farmers \| farmnewsNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11812-global-supplies-climate-and-political-pressure-impacting-prices-for-grain.md) | +2.2% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-09-11 | [Grain markets face familiar global supply pressures \| ANZ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17507-grain-markets-face-familiar-global-supply-pressures-anz.md) | -1.3% | -4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-20 | [Livestock farmers advised to fix feed costs as prices rise - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56182-livestock-farmers-advised-to-fix-feed-costs-as-prices-rise-farmers-weekly.md) | +0.9% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/crop-prices/grain-prices-surge-as-supply-comes-under-pressure

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