US Wheat Crop Hit by Dry Winter Then Soggy Spring, Adding to Global Tightness

US Wheat Crop Hit by Dry Winter Then Soggy Spring, Adding to Global Tightness
Gary Millershaski, a farmer and scout on the Wheat Quality Council's Kansas wheat tour, inspects winter wheat stunted by drought near Syracuse, Kan., on May 18, 2022. Julie Ingwersen/Reuters
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North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Ukraine’s war cut grain exports and left the world short of millions of tons of wheat supply.

Heavy rain has prevented Grotberg from planting as much wheat crop as he wanted and is hampering farmers across the state, the top U.S. grower of spring wheat.