# You Can’t Kill Wheat, But Mother Nature is Trying | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation

> Heavy snow and freezing hit winter wheat in eastern Colorado, western Kansas and Nebraska, causing lodging. New-crop wheat futures rose as much as 20 cents a bushel, and USDA rated 13 percent of winter wheat in poor or very poor condition.

- Date: 2017-05-03 · published 2017-05-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6141-you-can-t-kill-wheat-but-mother-nature-is-trying-farm-bureau-intel-markets
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lodging cuts yields and may lower 2017/18 ending stocks, which would lift the marketing-year average price above the $4.30 projection.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2018-04-25 | [Addressing the Impact of Prolonged Drought on Farm Program Yields \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65368-addressing-the-impact-of-prolonged-drought-on-farm-program-yields-farm-bureau.md) | +8.1% | +9.7% |
| KWHEAT | 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) | +9.1% | +9.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-03-11 | [Dry weather fueling bulls - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65958-dry-weather-fueling-bulls-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news-farming-markets.md) | -1.7% | +2.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-05-04 | [Farming News - Wheat trade focus is now on new crop and its weather issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65063-farming-news-wheat-trade-focus-is-now-on-new-crop-and-its-weather-issues.md) | -7.3% | -1.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-02-16 | [Wheat at one-week high as freezing US weather in focus - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9253-wheat-at-one-week-high-as-freezing-us-weather-in-focus-markets-business-recorder.md) | +4.5% | -1.6% |
| 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% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-23 | [Market Snapshot \| Costly inputs and weather burden global wheat production - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19768-market-snapshot-costly-inputs-and-weather-burden-global-wheat-production-pro.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-27 | [El Nino May Boost Soil Moisture in May for South American Wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36317-el-nino-may-boost-soil-moisture-in-may-for-south-american-wheat.md) | +1.1% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- fb.org: https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/you-cant-kill-wheat-but-mother-nature-is-trying

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