# Income Potential and Weather Fight Against Winter Wheat Seeding for 2020 - U.S. Wheat Associates

> USDA's January 10 Winter Wheat Seedings report showed U.S. farmers planted 30.8 million acres of winter wheat for 2020, 7% below the five-year average. HRW area fell 1% and Nebraska hit a record low, while SRW plantings rose.

- Date: 2020-01-14 · published 2020-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55127-income-potential-and-weather-fight-against-winter-wheat-seeding-for-2020-u-s
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Fewer winter wheat acres, including the second smallest on record, point to tighter U.S. wheat supplies and modest upward pressure on prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-04-04 | [Revenue Potential, Weather Conditions to Cut U.S. Spring Wheat Area - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11380-revenue-potential-weather-conditions-to-cut-u-s-spring-wheat-area-u-s-wheat.md) | +3.0% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-02 | [U.S. High-Protein Wheat Supplies Tightening - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68043-u-s-high-protein-wheat-supplies-tightening-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-19 | [Competing for Acres: 2018/19 Global Wheat Production to Fall - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65487-competing-for-acres-2018-19-global-wheat-production-to-fall-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.3% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-19 | [Weather Continues to Affect Global Wheat Production - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62993-weather-continues-to-affect-global-wheat-production-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.7% | +8.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-28 | [Strong Demand Pushes Global Wheat Prices Higher - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64554-strong-demand-pushes-global-wheat-prices-higher-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | -4.2% | +0.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-11-02 | [U.S. High-Protein Wheat Supplies Tightening - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68043-u-s-high-protein-wheat-supplies-tightening-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +2.8% | -0.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-09-19 | [Weather Continues to Affect Global Wheat Production - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62993-weather-continues-to-affect-global-wheat-production-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-06-28 | [Strong Demand Pushes Global Wheat Prices Higher - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64554-strong-demand-pushes-global-wheat-prices-higher-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +4.7% | +16.0% |

## Sources

- uswheat.org: https://uswheat.org/wheatletter/income-potential-and-weather-fight-against-winter-wheat-seeding-for-2020/

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