# Rainfall continues to delay French plantings: Grain Market Daily | AHDB

> Wet weather in France has slowed winter crop plantings, with only 83% of the winter wheat drilled by 2 December versus over 90% a year earlier. Only 73% of the French crop was rated good to excellent, and UK wheat futures and Paris milling wheat declined on low export demand.

- Date: 2019-12-06 · published 2019-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11057-rainfall-continues-to-delay-french-plantings-grain-market-daily-ahdb
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Late drilling and waterlogging are likely to cut French wheat area and yields, which supports new-crop European wheat prices. Weak current export demand, however, limits how much that support can lift the market.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-17 | [French crop conditions dip amid dry weather: Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53576-french-crop-conditions-dip-amid-dry-weather-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -1.4% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-16 | [Prices rally as Russian crop reduces: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46105-prices-rally-as-russian-crop-reduces-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-10 | [Heavy rains impact European crop conditions: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30698-heavy-rains-impact-european-crop-conditions-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-29 | [What’s driving the volatile grain market? Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40981-what-s-driving-the-volatile-grain-market-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -8.7% | -16.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-29 | [Protein premiums push higher: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46637-protein-premiums-push-higher-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -1.2% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- ahdb.org.uk: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/rainfall-continues-to-delay-french-plantings-grain-market-daily

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