It might be a while before U.S. wheat is open to the global market

It might be a while before U.S. wheat is open to the global market

An ag economist is expecting U.S. wheat export levels to remain low for the foreseeable future.

The University of Missouri’s Ben Brown…

“Until we have wheat supply, our wheat exports are going to remain low,” Brown said. “We just don’t have a lot of exportable wheat here in the United States, and especially milling quality exportable wheat.”

And he tells Brownfield it could be some time before adequate wheat supplies hit the market with USDA’s most recent crop progress and condition report rating 36 percent of winter wheat poor to very poor.