
Wheat is showing losses in the winter wheat contracts, with spring wheat posting steady to higher trade to start the midweek session. The wheat complex posted strength across the three exchanges on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures were 7 1/2 to 10 cents higher on the day. Open interest rose 2,101 contracts on Tuesday. KC HRW futures led the way with gains of 18 1/2 to 20 1/4 cents on the day. OI was up 7,393 contracts, suggesting net new buying. MPLS spring wheat was up 11 to 113 1/2 cents on the day.
The next 7 days are expected to remain dry from the western part of KS, to the panhandle of TX according to the NOAA 7-day QPF. SRW area is still expected to see 1 to 3 inches.