# Grain trade turns nervous on weather market - Farmers Weekly

> UK ex-farm feed wheat rose just over £1/t in the week to 19 April on dry weather and tight old-crop supplies, averaging £144.70/t. Feed barley rose 40p/t to £121.20/t while breadmaking wheat was flat. Frosts were also reported in some relatively advanced crops.

- Date: 2017-04-19 · published 2017-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71556-grain-trade-turns-nervous-on-weather-market-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Dry conditions in Western Europe and tight UK feed wheat supplies support feed grain prices into the new crop year, raising input costs for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-22 | [Barley benefits from rising grain market - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12493-barley-benefits-from-rising-grain-market-farmers-weekly.md) | -1.2% | +0.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-24 | [Grain prices pushed higher as weather worries grow - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10294-grain-prices-pushed-higher-as-weather-worries-grow-farmers-weekly.md) | +3.3% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 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) | +3.6% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-18 | [Weekly Market Report - Grain Brokers Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61642-weekly-market-report-grain-brokers-australia.md) | -1.8% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-09 | [Weather fears bolster grain markets against](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70424-weather-fears-bolster-grain-markets-against.md) | -1.0% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/crop-prices/grain-trade-turns-nervous-on-weather-market

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