Record yields of U.S. hard red winter wheat harvest a huge wheat supply on the world market contribute to. However, the millers in the United States about the low protein values are concerned. Must buy expensive höherprozentigen wheat to the rough, to achieve their minimum requirements in the flour.
In Kansas, the main region for hard red - winter wheat, the average score reached 56 bushels per acre. All 12.5% (seven bushels) are more than the previous record in 1998. The success is explained by the progress in seed breeding.
The futures contracts on the CME on HRW wheat record currently under the usually lower soft-red winter future also at the CME. Thus, the courses are about three USD/bushel below the local cost of production. The prices are so low that soon a government subsidy program could access that had been more than a decade was no longer included in claim.
