Most analysts were expecting U.S. winter wheat farmers to increase planted acres this past fall. Moisture conditions across the southern plains were very good and the trade issues between the U.S. and China were threatening soybean markets and posing the possibility of expanded wheat area.  The eventual problem that developed was that moisture conditions across the southern plains and Corn Belt were too good - it wouldn’t stop raining. That made conditions across parts of the southern plains too wet to get as much winter wheat planted as was expected. Wet and cold conditions across the Corn Belt also delayed the soybean and corn harvests, which eventually made it too late to planted either hard red winter or soft red winter whea...