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Kansas wheat scouts were expected to find a crop that rescues a market hit by a Russian shortfall. Analysts have been cutting Russia's next harvest estimates after a spell of bad weather, and benchmark prices have risen more than 10% this month.
Cuts to Russia's crop tighten global supplies and support prices, while a strong Kansas crop would partly offset that tightness for HRW buyers.
bloomberg.comMichael HirtzerMay 20, 2024After 1,072 past bullish weather events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (55% higher; middle half -1.4% to +2.3%), and +0.3% over 20.
After 29 past neutral weather events, Wheat (HRW) moved a median +0.6% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.9% to +2.3%), and -0.7% 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.
Published May 20, it explains the Russian harvest estimate cuts behind the month's 10%+ price gain, though the expected Kansas crop is a bearish offset.
Bloomberg notes analysts cutting Russian harvest estimates and prices up more than 10% in May, which framed the supply-shortfall rally going into the window.
