# Durum wheat: sowing begins in the Foggia area amid high costs and low profitability

> Durum wheat sowing in Puglia is expected to begin in mid-November, concentrated on the highest-yielding land as farmers contend with high diesel and fertilizer costs and stagnant prices. The area planted may fall by nearly 5% from the 240,000 hectares recorded in 2025/26, with marginal land abandoned or shifted to crops such as barley.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-06T00:16:01.082Z
- Category: macro · region Italy · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/82819-durum-wheat-sowing-begins-in-the-foggia-area-amid-high-costs-and-low
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller durum area could tighten Italian wheat supplies and support prices, while land switched to barley could add to barley supply and weigh on its prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| WHEAT | 2023-12-26 | [Stong start for wheat following the long holiday weekend - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11287-stong-start-for-wheat-following-the-long-holiday-weekend-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-16 | [Corn Hands the Baton to Wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10238-corn-hands-the-baton-to-wheat.md) | +4.0% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-24 | [2022 Price Outlook for Hard Red Winter and Soft Red Winter Wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43177-2022-price-outlook-for-hard-red-winter-and-soft-red-winter-wheat.md) | +1.0% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-29 | [What the sinking U.S. dollar means to Canada and world](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21288-what-the-sinking-u-s-dollar-means-to-canada-and-world.md) | -0.5% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- en.ilsole24ore.com: https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/durum-wheat-from-the-foggia-area-high-costs-and-low-profitability-AJYJVS6B

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