# Falling numbers hit wheat farmers hard | AP News

> A quality problem called falling numbers is affecting hard red spring wheat farmers from Minnesota to Montana. Farmers say they have no control over the issue, which lowers wheat quality.

- Date: 2019-11-27 · published 2019-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56112-falling-numbers-hit-wheat-farmers-hard-ap-news
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Falling numbers reduces the grade and feed value of affected wheat, which could push buyers toward other feed grains and widen discounts on hard red spring supplies.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-23 | [Low falling numbers could have a big impact on wheat market - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28814-low-falling-numbers-could-have-a-big-impact-on-wheat-market-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -0.2% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-16 | [Farming News - Wheat and OSR market update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9791-farming-news-wheat-and-osr-market-update.md) | +4.9% | +6.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-25 | [Farming News - Weekly Wheat & OSR roundup from ADM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10434-farming-news-weekly-wheat-and-osr-roundup-from-adm.md) | +6.5% | +10.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-28 | [Farming News - ADM Wheat & OSR weekly market update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51661-farming-news-adm-wheat-and-osr-weekly-market-update.md) | -2.6% | +6.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-27 | [Farming News - Weather impacting on the Wheat Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11223-farming-news-weather-impacting-on-the-wheat-markets.md) | +3.6% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2018-04-03 | [Argentine drought hits farmers hard, undermining economy \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65362-argentine-drought-hits-farmers-hard-undermining-economy-ap-news.md) | +0.7% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2021-04-16 | [Farming News - Wheat and OSR market update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9791-farming-news-wheat-and-osr-market-update.md) | +5.1% | +18.3% |
| CORN | 2021-06-25 | [Farming News - Wheat Market update from ADM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46525-farming-news-wheat-market-update-from-adm.md) | +5.6% | -5.6% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/general-news-ce9312c60caa4956b54cf3135cdc7508

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