# Minneapolis spring wheat premium widens over winter wheat | The Western Producer

> The Minneapolis spring wheat premium over Kansas City winter wheat reached about $1.18 a bushel on May 18, a historically wide spread. Analysts attribute it to poor quality concerns after a spring snowfall and rain in Kansas, plus Canadian seeding delays.

- Date: 2017-05-25 · published 2017-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71030-minneapolis-spring-wheat-premium-widens-over-winter-wheat-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Protein concerns and short-covering by millers lift higher-protein spring wheat relative to HRW, which raises the cost of quality wheat for feed and milling buyers. The spread may widen further into summer.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/markets/minneapolis-spring-wheat-premium-widens-over-winter-wheat/

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