# Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America's spring wheat

> US and Canadian farmers are bracing for a sharply smaller spring wheat harvest after the driest conditions in decades. Heat and dryness are damaging crops across several regions, including the US Pacific Northwest and Brazil.

- Date: 2021-08-05 · published 2021-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45615-millers-bakers-fret-as-drought-withers-north-america-s-spring-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller spring wheat crop in North America reduces milling supply and raises the risk of tighter wheat prices and reduced wheat availability for feed use. This supports higher wheat values into the new crop marketing period.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-30 | [Wheat futures rally amid worsening drought in the Northern Plains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6178-wheat-futures-rally-amid-worsening-drought-in-the-northern-plains.md) | +1.3% | -3.7% |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-01 | [El Nino may hammer Asian farms with dry weather, but shower American growers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35407-el-nino-may-hammer-asian-farms-with-dry-weather-but-shower-american-growers.md) | -3.6% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-20 | [Wheat’s Drought Battle and Surging Demand: Why Prices Are Flying - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50682-wheat-s-drought-battle-and-surging-demand-why-prices-are-flying-bloomberg.md) | +0.0% | -4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-23 | [Canadian farmers face drought threat as global wheat, canola prices soar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42232-canadian-farmers-face-drought-threat-as-global-wheat-canola-prices-soar.md) | +1.3% | -9.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-30 | [Wheat Prices Jump as Drought Threatens U.S. Output - WSJ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19766-wheat-prices-jump-as-drought-threatens-u-s-output-wsj.md) | -3.2% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/millers-bakers-fret-drought-withers-north-americas-spring-wheat-2021-08-05/

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