Climbing World Wheat Reserves May Help Temper Chaos in Black Sea

  • U.S. futures fall by exchange limit amid wartime volatility
  • Bigger exports from Australia, India offset Black Sea losses
Wheat Volatility Adds to Global Food Security Concerns
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The world’s stockpiles of wheat are on the rise, with a bigger harvest in Australia potentially tempering impacts of the Ukraine war, which is disrupting about a quarter of the grain’s global trade.

That’s according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for crops, released Wednesday. Chicago wheat fell by the exchange’s limit, and remains locked there.