Jamie Mackay: The Country host on wheat prices soaring after Russian missiles hit Ukrainian ports - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Wheat prices soared by 8 percent overnight after Ukrainian ports were hit by Russian missiles.

Rabobank senior grains analyst Dennis Voznesenski says this rise in overseas wheat prices will likely have a direct impact on local New Zealand wheat import prices.

The Country's Jamie Mackay says New Zealand relies on imported wheat to make bread, and this will add extra strain during an important period.

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