# World Wheat Production to Decline in 2017/18 - U.S. Wheat Associates

> USDA expects world wheat output to fall for the first time in five years, to 739 million tonnes in 2017/18, down 14.6 million from the 2016/17 record. U.S. Wheat Associates notes that high-protein wheat supplies are shrinking and supporting prices, with Argentina's planted area up 17%.

- Date: 2017-06-29 · published 2017-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70449-world-wheat-production-to-decline-in-2017-18-u-s-wheat-associates
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A first global production decline in five years reduces exportable wheat supply, which supports wheat and feed-grain prices, though Argentina's expansion partly offsets the drop.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-02-22 | [Early Estimates Expect 2018/19 Wheat Production to Fall in the Black Sea - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66432-early-estimates-expect-2018-19-wheat-production-to-fall-in-the-black-sea-u-s.md) | +1.3% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-19 | [Competing for Acres: 2018/19 Global Wheat Production to Fall - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65487-competing-for-acres-2018-19-global-wheat-production-to-fall-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.3% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-19 | [Weather Continues to Affect Global Wheat Production - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62993-weather-continues-to-affect-global-wheat-production-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.7% | +8.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-29 | [Australia’s wheat production forecast to drop \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19682-australia-s-wheat-production-forecast-to-drop-world-grain.md) | -3.1% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-23 | [EU overall grains production forecast to decline \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19660-eu-overall-grains-production-forecast-to-decline-world-grain.md) | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-09-19 | [Weather Continues to Affect Global Wheat Production - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62993-weather-continues-to-affect-global-wheat-production-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-07-14 | [Global wheat production on the decline - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52052-global-wheat-production-on-the-decline-grain-central.md) | -1.2% | -6.0% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-11-02 | [U.S. High-Protein Wheat Supplies Tightening - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68043-u-s-high-protein-wheat-supplies-tightening-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +2.8% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- uswheat.org: https://uswheat.org/wheatletter/world-wheat-production-to-decline-in-2017-18/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.