# Favorable Weather and Strong Income Support Winter Wheat Seeding

> USDA's January 2021 Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings report showed U.S. farmers planted 32.0 million acres of winter wheat for 2021 harvest, up 5% year over year. The first acreage increase since 2013/14 was led by hard red winter, where planted area rose 4% to 22.3 million acres. Montana, South Dakota and Kansas posted the largest gains.

- Date: 2021-01-21 · published 2021-01-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49196-favorable-weather-and-strong-income-support-winter-wheat-seeding
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher winter wheat plantings point to larger future supplies, which is bearish for prices. The size of the acreage gain will weigh on hard red winter values through the coming season.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-18 | [Wheat support slips after USDA report \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12351-wheat-support-slips-after-usda-report-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.3% | -3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-12 | [Corn and soybean production down in 2022, USDA reports
Corn stocks down, soybean stocks down from year earlier
Winter Wheat Seedings up for 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13303-corn-and-soybean-production-down-in-2022-usda-reports-corn-stocks-down-soybean.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-12 | [France Sees 10% Increase in Winter Soft Wheat Sowing Area for 2025 Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25978-france-sees-10-increase-in-winter-soft-wheat-sowing-area-for-2025-harvest.md) | +2.2% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-20 | [USDA Reports Reflect Why U.S. Farmers Seeded More Winter Wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43176-usda-reports-reflect-why-u-s-farmers-seeded-more-winter-wheat.md) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-28 | [Analyst insight: Strong start for UK 2026 winter crops \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21895-analyst-insight-strong-start-for-uk-2026-winter-crops-ahdb.md) | +2.1% | +1.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2019-11-01 | [Good Milling and End-Product Performance is Available in 2019 Hard Red Winter Wheat Supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56600-good-milling-and-end-product-performance-is-available-in-2019-hard-red-winter.md) | +1.2% | +4.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-01-12 | [Corn and soybean production down in 2022, USDA reports
Corn stocks down, soybean stocks down from year earlier
Winter Wheat Seedings up for 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13303-corn-and-soybean-production-down-in-2022-usda-reports-corn-stocks-down-soybean.md) | +1.2% | +6.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-01-20 | [USDA Reports Reflect Why U.S. Farmers Seeded More Winter Wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43176-usda-reports-reflect-why-u-s-farmers-seeded-more-winter-wheat.md) | +2.0% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- uswheat.org: https://uswheat.org/wheatletter/favorable-weather-and-strong-income-potential-support-2021-winter-wheat-seeding/

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