Wheat International News

According to the weekly NASS Crop Progress report, 51% of the US winter wheat crop had been planted as of Sunday. Planting progress was 7 percentage points behind the five-year average. Crop emergence had reached 27%.

The Export Inspections report released on Tuesday morning showed that US wheat shipments totaled 304,660 metric tons (11.19 million bushels) during the week ending October 8. This was up 0.66% from the previous week but 31.92% below the same week last year. South Korea was the leading destination, receiving 75,240 MT. Mexico received 72,047 MT, while Sri Lanka received 67,640 MT. Total wheat shipments for the current marketing year have reached 6.977 million metric tons (256.35 million bushels), down 35.87% from the same period last year.

Algeria purchased nearly 600,000 MT of wheat in its tender on Tuesday. According to France’s Ministry of Agriculture, the country’s 2026 wheat crop is estimated at 31.5 million metric tons, down 200,000 MT from last month’s estimate.