# Wheat’s Drought Battle and Surging Demand: Why Prices Are Flying - Bloomberg

> Drought across the U.S. to Black Sea regions is hampering wheat plantings and raising concerns the market could tighten further. Importers are building reserves while fund managers turn more bullish on wheat.

- Date: 2020-10-20 · published 2020-10-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50682-wheat-s-drought-battle-and-surging-demand-why-prices-are-flying-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Dry planting conditions and reserve-building by importers support wheat futures, which in turn lifts feed-grade wheat and corn alternatives in feed rations.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-31 | [Wheat Prices Surge on US Drought and Planting Uncertainty](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20207-wheat-prices-surge-on-us-drought-and-planting-uncertainty.md) | -0.7% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-23 | [Heat Worries US Wheat Farmers Just as Crop Prices Surge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18406-heat-worries-us-wheat-farmers-just-as-crop-prices-surge-bloomberg.md) | -2.5% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-07-06 | [Food Prices Near 2-Year High Thanks to a Record Surge in Butter and Wheat - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6181-food-prices-near-2-year-high-thanks-to-a-record-surge-in-butter-and-wheat.md) | -1.4% | +0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-03 | [Wheat prices up amid war, expanding drought \| texaswheat.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7292-wheat-prices-up-amid-war-expanding-drought-texaswheat-org.md) | +7.2% | +8.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-09 | [Tight Wheat Supply Leaves Prices at Mercy of Any Weather Shocks - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24707-tight-wheat-supply-leaves-prices-at-mercy-of-any-weather-shocks-bloomberg.md) | -0.1% | -2.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-03-31 | [Wheat Prices Surge on US Drought and Planting Uncertainty](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20207-wheat-prices-surge-on-us-drought-and-planting-uncertainty.md) | -3.0% | +11.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-05-31 | [Drought and U.S. Rail Rates Prop Up U.S. Export Prices - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64934-drought-and-u-s-rail-rates-prop-up-u-s-export-prices-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | -0.2% | -14.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-11-03 | [Wheat prices up amid war, expanding drought \| texaswheat.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7292-wheat-prices-up-amid-war-expanding-drought-texaswheat-org.md) | -1.1% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-20/wheat-s-drought-battle-and-surging-demand-why-prices-are-flying

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