CBOT wheat falls on improving forecast in Plains and Black Sea

CHICAGO, April 23 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended down on Wednesday as weather forecasts in the U.S. Plains and Black Sea improved and the U.S. dollar regained some value.

• CBOT July soft red winter wheat WN25 settled down 6-3/4 cents at $5.43-1/2 per bushel.

• K.C. July hard red winter wheat KWN25 ended down 8 cents at $5.50-1/4 a bushel and Minneapolis July spring wheat MWEN25 fell 3-1/4 cents to settle at $6.07 a bushel.

• Commodity Weather Group said showers in the U.S. Plains would limit winter wheat stress in the coming weeks.

• Forecaster Vaisala noted warm and dry weather over the last week had aided fieldwork in the Black Sea, although showers in parts of the region over the next week would improve soil moisture for its winter wheat.

• The U.S. dollar staged a tentative rebound against its major peers on Wednesday on hopes of de-escalating trade tensions and as U.S. President Donald Trump backed away from threats to fire the head of the Federal Reserve, offering relief to investors.

• A stronger dollar makes U.S. exports more expensive and less competitive to holders of other currencies.

• A group of South Korean flour mills bought over 50,000 metric tons of milling wheat to be sourced from the United States in an international tender on Wednesday, European traders said.