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There are three main types of Wheat Futures with active, liquid futures contracts traded on them: Soft Red Winter (Chicago Board of Trade), Hard Red Winter (Kansas City Board of Trade), and Hard Red Spring  (Minneapolis Board of Trade). In futures vernacular, each type of Wheat Futures contract is typically referred to by the city in which it is traded, such as "Chicago"  is used instead of "Soft Red Winter", while Kansas City and Minneapolis refer to Hard Winter and Spring respectively.


Major World Producers and Consumers for 1998/99 Crop Year

in million metric tons

Supply

Use

Beginning

Ending

stocks

Production

Imports

Feed

Total

Export

Stocks

World

138.77

587.12

111.74

107.69

591.83

111.16

134.06

United States

19.66

69.41

2.59

9.53

37.1

28.58

25.99

Total foreign

119.11

517.71

109.15

98.17

554.74

82.59

108.07

Major exporters

23.81

159.63

21.07

52.87

104.74

69.61

30.15

Argentina

0.42

10.75

0.03

0.1

4.4

6.5

0.3

Australia

1.35

21

0.03

3

5.3

15

2.08

Canada

5.99

24.4

0.2

4.2

8.2

14

8.39

EU-15

16.05

103.48

20.81

45.57

86.85

34.11

19.39

Major importers

50.18

179.56

33.22

19.06

214.55

4.19

44.23

Barzil

0.54

2.2

5.8

0.2

8

0

0.54

China

33.37

110

1.5

5

116

0.75

28.12

East. Europe

7.85

34.09

1.22

12.3

34.04

2.95

6.16

N. Africa

3.99

14.01

15.3

0.31

28.96

0.09

4.26

Pakistan

3.21

18.7

3.2

0.3

21.25

0

3.86

Selected other
India

10.08

65.91

1.65

0.35

67

0

10.64

FSU-12

15.8

56.24

6.58

19.27

67.34

4.5

6.77

Russia

8.08

26.9

3.7

12.35

36.35

1.2

1.13

Kazakstan

3.32

4.7

0

1.3

4.7

1

2.32

* all data gathered from the World Agricultural Outlook Board (WASDE #349)


Usual Planting and Harvest Dates for US Winter Wheat

 

Planting

Harvest

State

Begin

Most Active

End

Begin

Most Active

End

Kansas

Sep 10

Sep 20 - Oct 10

Oct 25

Jun 15

Jun 20 - Jul 10

Jul 25

Oklahoma

Sep 3

Sep 22 - Oct 12

Nov 2

Jun 5

Jun 15 - Jun 25

Jul 5

Texas

Aug 31

Sep 16 - Oct 21

Dec 3

May 25

Jun 10 - Jun 30

Jul 7

Washington

Sep 1

Sep 5 - Oct 5

Oct 30

Jul 15

Jul 25 - Aug 20

Sep 5

Colorado

Aug 25

Sep 10 - Sep 25

Oct 10

Jun 25

Jul 10 - Jul 20

Aug 10

Dates based on the December 1997 USDA Agricultural Statistics Board Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates report


Crop Progress

wheat futures crop progress compliments of the NASS

  • Planted - sowing seeds or Planting Progress
  • Emerged - As soon as the plants are visible.
  • Headed - The head is present, visible, and fully emerged
  • Harvested - Reaping the grain, or Harvest Progress

Price Prospective- CBOT Wheat Continuous contract monthly data

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Note: 1.0 represents the seasonal high, while 0.0 represents the seasonal low. Based on CBOT December Wheat futures settlement prices from 1979 to 1998

 

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