# Chilly Weather Risks Delaying Black Sea Wheat, Barley Harvest | ESM Magazine

> Unusually cold weather in Russia from May 11 to 20 ran 3 to 5 degrees Celsius below the 30-year average in central and southern regions. Wheat and barley ripening has been delayed, pushing back the harvest start by about 10 to 12 days for wheat and 5 to 6 days for barley.

- Date: 2017-05-24 · published 2017-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71080-chilly-weather-risks-delaying-black-sea-wheat-barley-harvest-esm-magazine
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A later Black Sea harvest reduces near-term supply of cheaper new-crop wheat and barley and may make Saudi barley shipments harder to source from the region. This supports nearby wheat and barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-12 | [Strategie Grains Lowers Forecast For EU Wheat, Barley Harvests \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45509-strategie-grains-lowers-forecast-for-eu-wheat-barley-harvests-esm-magazine.md) | +2.5% | +4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-30 | [Canada's Wheat Crop Reaches 14-Year Low, Canola Harvest Shrivels \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45663-canada-s-wheat-crop-reaches-14-year-low-canola-harvest-shrivels-esm-magazine.md) | +0.2% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-02 | [Weather Woes Ravage Europe's Wheat Fields, Markets Race Higher \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63469-weather-woes-ravage-europe-s-wheat-fields-markets-race-higher-esm-magazine.md) | +3.5% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-04 | [Wheat Market Stabilizes, as the Black Sea Weather Remains Dry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53686-wheat-market-stabilizes-as-the-black-sea-weather-remains-dry.md) | +2.3% | +1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-18 | [Black Sea, EU Wheat Facing Weather Challenges \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28265-black-sea-eu-wheat-facing-weather-challenges-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | +11.0% | +5.4% |

## Sources

- esmmagazine.com: https://www.esmmagazine.com/supply-chain/chilly-weather-risks-delaying-black-sea-wheat-barley-harvest-43595

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