# Dry weather fueling bulls - Agweek | #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets

> Kansas winter wheat ratings improved slightly to 13 percent good to excellent, with 50 percent poor to very poor, and Oklahoma stood at 6 percent good to excellent. Egypt bought 175,000 tonnes of Russian wheat, as U.S. wheat was less price-competitive.

- Date: 2018-03-11 · published 2018-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65958-dry-weather-fueling-bulls-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news-farming-markets
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Poor Plains winter wheat conditions and weak U.S. export competitiveness are supportive for hard red wheat prices, with dry weather driving the rally.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2018-02-05 | [Markets dealing with multitude of drivers - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66601-markets-dealing-with-multitude-of-drivers-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news.md) | +0.5% | +15.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-08-23 | [Low falling numbers could have a big impact on wheat market - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28814-low-falling-numbers-could-have-a-big-impact-on-wheat-market-agweek-1-source-for.md) | +3.1% | +6.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-11-04 | [Wheat markets mixed during week - Agriculture News Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11215-wheat-markets-mixed-during-week-agriculture-news-network.md) | -3.3% | -4.0% |
| 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 | 2018-08-21 | [Wheat market slowly turning bullish - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63574-wheat-market-slowly-turning-bullish-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -8.3% | -5.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-05 | [Harvest doldrums sink in - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68014-harvest-doldrums-sink-in-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news-farming-markets.md) | +0.2% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-23 | [Chance of 'super El Niño' shouldn't change northern Plains growing season outlook - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20091-chance-of-super-el-nino-shouldn-t-change-northern-plains-growing-season-outlook.md) | +0.7% | +0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-25 | [Farming News - Wheat Market update from ADM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46525-farming-news-wheat-market-update-from-adm.md) | -0.2% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- agweek.com: https://www.agweek.com/opinion/dry-weather-fueling-bulls

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