# Freeze, Snow Effects Likely Cut into World’s High Quality Wheat Supply - U.S. Wheat Associates

> Late-season freeze and snow in Kansas, Colorado, Texas and Nebraska add to existing HRW concerns. USDA projects US hard red winter production down 344 million bushels after a planted-area cut and higher abandonment.

- Date: 2017-05-18 · published 2017-05-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71032-freeze-snow-effects-likely-cut-into-world-s-high-quality-wheat-supply-u-s-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower HRW output and tighter high-quality wheat stocks support prices for quality wheat. Buyers should watch the milling-grade balance sheet more than the headline stocks-to-use ratio.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2019-10-17 | [Crop Quality Concerns, Minimal Farmer Selling Drive U.S. Spring Wheat Export Prices - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56609-crop-quality-concerns-minimal-farmer-selling-drive-u-s-spring-wheat-export.md) | -0.4% | -0.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-02-08 | [U.S. Crop Conditions Fall as Drought Conditions Worsen - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66541-u-s-crop-conditions-fall-as-drought-conditions-worsen-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | -2.3% | +8.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-04-23 | [Black Sea may hold back world wheat supplies into 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14211-black-sea-may-hold-back-world-wheat-supplies-into-2026.md) | -5.6% | -1.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-01-11 | [Cold Temperatures in HRW Country Gets Attention; Dry Conditions Could Be Worse - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67020-cold-temperatures-in-hrw-country-gets-attention-dry-conditions-could-be-worse-u.md) | -2.5% | +7.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-08-25 | [Latest Canadian Durum Wheat, Soy, and Canola production estimates raise supply and quality concerns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34562-latest-canadian-durum-wheat-soy-and-canola-production-estimates-raise-supply.md) | -3.5% | -5.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-14 | [World Wheat Conditions Roundup - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67426-world-wheat-conditions-roundup-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +1.3% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-10-17 | [Crop Quality Concerns, Minimal Farmer Selling Drive U.S. Spring Wheat Export Prices - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56609-crop-quality-concerns-minimal-farmer-selling-drive-u-s-spring-wheat-export.md) | -1.5% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-02-08 | [U.S. Crop Conditions Fall as Drought Conditions Worsen - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66541-u-s-crop-conditions-fall-as-drought-conditions-worsen-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | -0.5% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- uswheat.org: https://uswheat.org/wheatletter/freeze-snow-effects-likely-cut-into-worlds-high-quality-wheat-supply/

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