Wheat prices ended lower in the US on Wednesday.

The July wheat contract traded in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) It closed this Wednesday (27) with a sharp drop of 13.00 points and 2.05%, quoted at US$ cents 622.50/bushel. In  Kansas City Bank Exchange (KCBT)The contract expiring in the same month fell 6.50 points and 0.96%, to US$ cents 669.75/bushel. On the other hand, in the weekly comparison, the assets have accumulated significant losses of 3.68%. CBOT and 1.80% in KCBTIn this trading session, cereal prices were pressured by… Good rains in the North American plains.as well as by Progress on fieldwork in wheat fields in the United States.According to US National Weather Servicethe Kansas – the country’s main wheat producer – recorded rainfall and storms in the central and southern regions of the state. Also in the fields, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that sowing of the 2026/27 spring wheat crop The country’s planting has reached 86% of the projected area – ahead of the normal average (79%) – after advancing 13 percentage points in one week. At the same time last season, planting was at 86%. As for winter wheatCurrently, 73% of crops are in the tillering stage (weekly progress of 2 percentage points), compared to 78% in the same period of the last harvest and 70% on average over the last five years. According to… USDA, despite the good levels of rainfallPart of the crops remain damaged by the persistent drought of the last few weeks.According to the agency, the soil moisture Classified as very low, the low on May 24 was above 50% in all Plains states except for… North DakotaLarger losses were limited by Strong international demandThe USDA It was announced yesterday (26) that the country shipped 368 thousand tons of wheat in the week ending May 21. The volume came in line with the market projection between 300 thousand and 500 thousand tons. In addition, a group of South Korean flour mills he bought 100 thousand tons of wheat from the USA (50 thousand tons) and Canada (50 thousand tons) through an international bidding process.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.