# Crop Quality Concerns, Minimal Farmer Selling Drive U.S. Spring Wheat Export Prices - U.S. Wheat Associates

> US hard red spring wheat export basis jumped in September as unrelenting Northern Plains rain slowed harvest and raised quality concerns such as low falling numbers and elevated DON. Gulf and Pacific Northwest HRS export basis rose sharply, with harvest well behind average.

- Date: 2019-10-17 · published 2019-10-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56609-crop-quality-concerns-minimal-farmer-selling-drive-u-s-spring-wheat-export
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Quality problems and higher export basis raise the cost of US spring wheat for overseas buyers, supporting wheat prices and pushing feed users toward alternatives.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-02-08 | [U.S. Crop Conditions Fall as Drought Conditions Worsen - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66541-u-s-crop-conditions-fall-as-drought-conditions-worsen-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | -0.5% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-05 | [Wheat prices higher amid Russian quality concerns - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27013-wheat-prices-higher-amid-russian-quality-concerns-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.1% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-03 | [Waterlogged Australian wheat crop faces extensive quality downgrades](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7286-waterlogged-australian-wheat-crop-faces-extensive-quality-downgrades.md) | +7.2% | +8.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-05 | [Malting and milling premiums rise on crop quality fears - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45624-malting-and-milling-premiums-rise-on-crop-quality-fears-farmers-weekly.md) | -2.5% | +0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-23 | [CRMAgri - Latest - Deepening US drought concerns extend wheat price rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19767-crmagri-latest-deepening-us-drought-concerns-extend-wheat-price-rally.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| 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 | 2018-02-08 | [U.S. Crop Conditions Fall as Drought Conditions Worsen - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66541-u-s-crop-conditions-fall-as-drought-conditions-worsen-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | -2.3% | +8.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-12-05 | [Wheat prices higher amid Russian quality concerns - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27013-wheat-prices-higher-amid-russian-quality-concerns-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +4.4% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- uswheat.org: https://uswheat.org/wheatletter/crop-quality-concerns-minimal-farmer-selling-drive-u-s-spring-wheat-export-prices/

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