Wheat is higher so far on Friday AM trade. The wheat complex found some renewed strength on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures were 4 ½ to 7 ¼ cents higher in the front months on the day. Open interest was up 2,130 contracts on Thursday. KC HRW futures saw 4 to 9 cent gains on the Thursday session. OI rose 2,090 contracts. MPLS spring wheat was up 4 ¼ to 5 cents in the green at the close.

Weekly Export Sales from Thursday showed 397,245 MT in wheat bookings in the week of March 19. That was more than double the week prior and nearly 4 times the same week last year. The Philippines was the top buyer of 69,700 MT, with 67,800 MT sold to Taiwan, and 63,700 MT to Mexico. New crop sales were tallied at 205,750 MT, which was a slight drop from last week. South Korea was the top buyer of 81,000 MT, with 56,000 MT sold to the Philippines.

March Intentions data will be out on Tuesday, as traders are looking for 44.79 million acres of wheat this year, down 544,000 acres from a year ago if realized. 

European Commission data estimates EU ending stocks at 11 MMT for 2026/27, which would be down 14.7 MMT from last year. That comes with production seen down 8.3 MMT to 125.9 MMT. Algeria purchased a total of an estimated 690,000 MT of wheat in a tender on Thursday. FranceAgriMer data showed the country’s winter wheat ratings at 84% good/excellent, matching the week prior’s rating. 

May 26 CBOT Wheat  closed at $6.05, up 7 1/4 cents, currently up 3 1/4 cents

Jul 26 CBOT Wheat  closed at $6.15 3/4, up 7 cents, currently up 3 cents

May 26 KCBT Wheat  closed at $6.26 3/4, up 9 cents, currently up 5 3/4 cents

Jul 26 KCBT Wheat  closed at $6.41 1/4, up 8 1/4 cents, currently up 5 3/4 cents

May 26 MIAX Wheat  closed at $6.45, up 4 1/4 cents, currently up 4 cents

Jul 26 MIAX Wheat  closed at $6.59 1/4, up 5 cents, currently up 3 cents