U.S. Wheat Futs Hit Two-Year High As Wall Street Sounds Alarm Over Drought Shock

U.S. Wheat Futs Hit Two-Year High As Wall Street Sounds Alarm Over Drought Shock Hard red winter wheat climbed to a two-year high by the end of the week, as our coverage of the drought shock now hitting America's Breadbasket raises serious alarm bells on commodity desks. The concern is not just reduced crop yields and quality. It is colliding with fertilizer shortages and elevated diesel prices, creating a broader inflationary transmission channel that could work its way through the food supply and translate into higher supermarket prices down the road. Hard...