# France Updates Wheat and Corn Production Forecasts for 2025

> France's Ministry of Agriculture raised its 2025 soft wheat forecast to 33.3 million tons from 33.1 million. It cut its corn forecast to 13.4 million tons from 13.7 million due to heat and drought, about 8% below last year.

- Date: 2025-09-17 · published 2025-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22802-france-updates-wheat-and-corn-production-forecasts-for-2025
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A larger French wheat crop adds to global wheat supply, while the smaller corn crop slightly tightens EU feed corn supply and supports corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-13 | [France raises again its forecast for soft wheat production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68911-france-raises-again-its-forecast-for-soft-wheat-production.md) | +0.7% | +4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-11 | [France raises wheat harvest forecast but expects corn production to decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23272-france-raises-wheat-harvest-forecast-but-expects-corn-production-to-decline.md) | -1.0% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-09 | [France raises crop forecasts for wheat, maize and](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43990-france-raises-crop-forecasts-for-wheat-maize-and.md) | +1.8% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-14 | [USDA forecasts lower wheat, corn, sorghum prices for 2025/26](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24718-usda-forecasts-lower-wheat-corn-sorghum-prices-for-2025-26.md) | -3.8% | -2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-07 | [FranceAgriMer increases forecasts for wheat, maize and](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69382-franceagrimer-increases-forecasts-for-wheat-maize-and.md) | -3.8% | -3.4% |
| CORN | 2025-08-11 | [France raises wheat harvest forecast but expects corn production to decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23272-france-raises-wheat-harvest-forecast-but-expects-corn-production-to-decline.md) | -0.0% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2024-05-10 | [USDA Lowers Estimates for Brazil Corn and Soy Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30215-usda-lowers-estimates-for-brazil-corn-and-soy-production.md) | +2.4% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2018-04-19 | [Competing for Acres: 2018/19 Global Wheat Production to Fall - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65487-competing-for-acres-2018-19-global-wheat-production-to-fall-u-s-wheat-associates.md) | +0.4% | +3.7% |

## Sources

- agroreview.com: https://agroreview.com/en/newsen/crops/france-increases-wheat-harvest-forecast/

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