# Wheat Prices On The Rise As Harvest Season Approaches | KOSU

> Oklahoma wheat prices are rising ahead of the June harvest as flour millers buy more wheat amid coronavirus-driven consumer stockpiling of bread, pasta and flour. Extension specialists warn that travel restrictions could keep custom harvesters from Canada and the northern U.S. from reaching Oklahoma fields, and Russia is rebuilding its domestic wheat reserves.

- Date: 2020-04-01 · published 2020-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53687-wheat-prices-on-the-rise-as-harvest-season-approaches-kosu
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher hard red winter wheat prices and possible harvest labor shortages could tighten HRW supplies and raise feed wheat costs for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2019-01-20 | [Russian wheat prices on rise \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7656-russian-wheat-prices-on-rise-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | -8.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-03-25 | [Wheat prices rise as shoppers rush to stockpile pasta and flour – The Irish Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8240-wheat-prices-rise-as-shoppers-rush-to-stockpile-pasta-and-flour-the-irish-times.md) | +0.5% | -0.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-05-16 | [Wheat prices rise almost 6% as India export ban shakes markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41451-wheat-prices-rise-almost-6-as-india-export-ban-shakes-markets.md) | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-10-29 | [After the Bell \| Wheat bounces on strong export sales - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/1994-after-the-bell-wheat-bounces-on-strong-export-sales-pro-farmer.md) | -2.3% | — |
| KWHEAT | 2018-10-10 | [World wheat price rises on Russian concerns \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62581-world-wheat-price-rises-on-russian-concerns-farm-weekly-wa.md) | +1.6% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-20 | [Russian wheat prices on rise \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7656-russian-wheat-prices-on-rise-farm-online-act.md) | +3.3% | +2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-25 | [Wheat prices rise as shoppers rush to stockpile pasta and flour – The Irish Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8240-wheat-prices-rise-as-shoppers-rush-to-stockpile-pasta-and-flour-the-irish-times.md) | +3.1% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-16 | [Wheat prices rise almost 6% as India export ban shakes markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41451-wheat-prices-rise-almost-6-as-india-export-ban-shakes-markets.md) | +4.0% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- kosu.org: https://www.kosu.org/local-news/2020-04-01/wheat-prices-on-the-rise-as-harvest-season-approaches

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