# Wheat prices rise after slowest US maize planting season - Farmers Weekly

> UK feed-wheat and barley prices rose after the cost of imported maize climbed sharply, as US planting reached only 49% against a five-year average above 80%. The UK wheat futures contract for November 2019 reached about £150/t, its highest since late February.

- Date: 2019-05-21 · published 2019-05-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5635-wheat-prices-rise-after-slowest-us-maize-planting-season-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A slow US maize crop and higher maize costs push feed buyers toward wheat and barley, lifting domestic cereal prices. Analysts expect maize use to fall back to average levels.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-11-20 | [Livestock farmers advised to fix feed costs as prices rise - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56182-livestock-farmers-advised-to-fix-feed-costs-as-prices-rise-farmers-weekly.md) | -0.2% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2026-05-18 | [Midwest farmers battle weather extremes during spring planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12996-midwest-farmers-battle-weather-extremes-during-spring-planting.md) | +0.7% | -7.8% |
| CORN | 2021-04-24 | [Grain prices pushed higher as weather worries grow - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10294-grain-prices-pushed-higher-as-weather-worries-grow-farmers-weekly.md) | +13.6% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [A"maize"ing global support for wheat prices \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47137-a-maize-ing-global-support-for-wheat-prices-the-land-nsw.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2019-01-25 | [Smaller acreage for maize in South Africa - prices rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61122-smaller-acreage-for-maize-in-south-africa-prices-rise.md) | +0.9% | +1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-26 | [Wheat price drives up rations - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11645-wheat-price-drives-up-rations-farmers-weekly.md) | -4.9% | -0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-20 | [Livestock farmers advised to fix feed costs as prices rise - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56182-livestock-farmers-advised-to-fix-feed-costs-as-prices-rise-farmers-weekly.md) | +0.9% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2023-11-24 | [India. Dry soil makes Indian farmers wary of planting wheat, despite rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33139-india-dry-soil-makes-indian-farmers-wary-of-planting-wheat-despite-rally.md) | -0.0% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/crop-prices/wheat-prices-rise-after-slowest-us-maize-planting-season

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