# Global wheat production projected to drop - Brownfield Ag News

> The UN FAO forecasts 2017-18 global wheat production at over 820 million tons, a decline of more than 14 million tons and the first drop since 2012-13. A USDA forecast projected U.S. wheat sowings at their lowest in more than a century.

- Date: 2017-03-02 · published 2017-03-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72051-global-wheat-production-projected-to-drop-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A projected first global output decline in five years and record-low U.S. plantings tighten supply and support wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-12-14 | [Shrinking global supplies - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49578-shrinking-global-supplies-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.1% | +4.3% |
| 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 | 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) | +0.4% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-11 | [Rural News Crop report pegs cut in global wheat production next year, but record stocks set to remain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70950-rural-news-crop-report-pegs-cut-in-global-wheat-production-next-year-but-record.md) | -2.4% | +0.8% |
| 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% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-02-20 | [USDA's acreage, price projections for 2020 - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54627-usda-s-acreage-price-projections-for-2020-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -5.7% | -6.9% |
| 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 | 2017-05-11 | [Rural News Crop report pegs cut in global wheat production next year, but record stocks set to remain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70950-rural-news-crop-report-pegs-cut-in-global-wheat-production-next-year-but-record.md) | -0.3% | +6.1% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/global-wheat-production-projected-drop/

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