Wheat futures are trading higher across all three U.S. exchanges at midday Thursday, supported by a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian grain export terminal in Taman on the Kerch Strait. Chicago SRW contracts are up 8 to 9 cents, KC HRW futures are 12 to 13 cents higher, and MPLS spring wheat is up 10 to 11 cents in the front months. Weekly export sales data showed 285,165 metric tons of 2026/27 wheat sold in the week of July 23, a marketing year low that was less than half of the same week last year and near the low end of trade expectations. September 2026 CBOT wheat is at $6.69 1/4, up 8 1/2 cents, while December 2026 CBOT wheat is at $6.86 3/4, up 9 cents.