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From India to France and the US, wheat harvest faces the weather test

Droughts, flooding and heatwaves threaten output from the US to France and India, compounding shrinking production in Ukraine

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Megan Durisin, Kim Chipman, Jen Skerritt and James Poole | Bloomberg

5 min read Last Updated : May 12 2022 | 1:44 PM IST

As Russia’s invasion chokes off Ukrainian wheat exports, pushing up bread and noodle prices, the global harvest faces an added test: extreme weather.

Droughts, flooding and heatwaves threaten output from the U.S. to France and India, compounding shrinking production in Ukraine. Just about every major producing region is facing one threat or another. The one notable exception is Russia, which is shaping up for a bumper crop and stands to benefit from the rising prices and limited supply elsewhere.

Wheat is hardy and its vast geographical spread typically means shortages in one place can be filled from elsewhere. But the litany

Topics : wheat Russia Ukraine Conflict United States India France Heatwaves flood Drought

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