# Hard Times on Hard Red Winter Wheat - Northern Ag Network

> USDA's Winter Wheat Seedings report, released January 10, showed US farmers planted 30.8 million acres of winter wheat for 2020, 7% below the five-year average. Hard red winter plantings fell, with record low acreage in Nebraska and Colorado declines, while soft red winter area increased.

- Date: 2020-01-27 · published 2020-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8056-hard-times-on-hard-red-winter-wheat-northern-ag-network
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Smaller HRW acreage reduces expected US hard wheat supply and supports prices, though prices near production cost limit farmer planting incentives and add to a tighter balance.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2018-10-23 | [HRW Wheat Winding Down - Northern Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62624-hrw-wheat-winding-down-northern-ag-network.md) | -1.2% | -6.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-09-30 | [Hard Red Winter Wheat production lowest since 1957 - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39644-hard-red-winter-wheat-production-lowest-since-1957-oklahoma-farm-report.md) | -0.2% | -3.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-05-21 | [Russia News Boosts Wheat Markets - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53172-russia-news-boosts-wheat-markets-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +2.4% | -5.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-05-12 | [Lowest Hard Red Winter Wheat Production Since 1957 Highlighted in Latest WASDE Report - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19194-lowest-hard-red-winter-wheat-production-since-1957-highlighted-in-latest-wasde.md) | +4.5% | -6.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-10-31 | [CBOT wheat firms again on worse than expected winter wheat conditions - AgriInsite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27899-cbot-wheat-firms-again-on-worse-than-expected-winter-wheat-conditions-agriinsite.md) | -0.3% | -8.6% |
| WHEAT | 2026-08-12 | [WASDE Report Released \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17856-wasde-report-released-red-river-farm-network.md) | +6.3% | +11.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-15 | [France lowered its estimate for winter wheat acreage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19661-france-lowered-its-estimate-for-winter-wheat-acreage.md) | -0.6% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-18 | [Wheat prices rose sharply after the release of the October USDA report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44584-wheat-prices-rose-sharply-after-the-release-of-the-october-usda-report.md) | +1.1% | +9.1% |

## Sources

- northernag.net: https://www.northernag.net/hard-times-on-hard-red-winter-wheat/

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