# Russian wheat market dominance grows - Milling and Grain

> Two opposing forces are shaping the wheat market: extreme cold without snow cover threatens winterkill for the drought-stressed U.S. winter wheat crop, which was planted on a very small area. Russia's record 2017 crop estimates keep rising, and exports could reach about 40 million tonnes against USDA's 33.5 million forecast.

- Date: 2019-01-21 · published 2019-01-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61151-russian-wheat-market-dominance-grows-milling-and-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Large Russian supplies and export potential cap wheat prices, while U.S. winterkill risk provides partial support.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-13 | [Russian dominance over world wheat markets slows - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60537-russian-dominance-over-world-wheat-markets-slows-farmers-weekly.md) | -2.1% | -4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-01 | [How Russia and Ukraine took over the wheat market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60647-how-russia-and-ukraine-took-over-the-wheat-market.md) | -1.2% | -6.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-22 | [Demand for Russian wheat holds strong despite war - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14505-demand-for-russian-wheat-holds-strong-despite-war-grain-central.md) | +2.0% | -9.1% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-09 | [Conditions and prospects of the Russian grain market, competition with the EU and Ukraine – A.Korbut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55440-conditions-and-prospects-of-the-russian-grain-market-competition-with-the-eu.md) | -3.5% | -0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-31 | [Wheat: mixed picture and news from Russia \| Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23795-wheat-mixed-picture-and-news-from-russia-agriculture.md) | -0.5% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- millingandgrain.com: https://millingandgrain.com/russian-wheat-market-dominance-grows-19722/

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