# Farming News - A look at the markets - European wheat prices down

> European wheat prices fell about $10/t on the week, tracking a global decline, and the Chicago new-crop contract hit a two-year low. Egypt's tender of 180,000 tonnes went mostly to France, with smaller shares for Romania, Ukraine and Russia.

- Date: 2019-02-22 · published 2019-02-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60538-farming-news-a-look-at-the-markets-european-wheat-prices-down
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Falling European and Chicago wheat prices reflect weak export demand for non-Russian origins and pressure from trade longs, which keeps feed wheat values under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- farming.co.uk: https://farming.co.uk/news/a-look-at-the-markets---european-wheat-prices-down

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