# French Ministry of Agriculture has estimated the current year’s wheat harvest at 32.6 mln tons

> The French Ministry of Agriculture estimates 2025 soft wheat production at 32.6 million tonnes, 27% above the poor 2024 crop. The ministry puts the average yield at 7.26 t/ha on 4.49 million hectares. It also estimates barley output at 11.8 million tonnes, up 19.1% year on year, and rapeseed at 4.2 million tonnes.

- Date: 2025-07-16 · published 2025-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23687-french-ministry-of-agriculture-has-estimated-the-current-year-s-wheat-harvest
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A larger French wheat and barley crop increases EU feed grain supplies and should weigh on feed wheat and barley prices, while the figure is in line with analyst expectations, so the price reaction is likely moderate.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-07-12 | [The French Ministry of Agriculture made its first forecast for soft wheat, barley and rapeseed yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69903-the-french-ministry-of-agriculture-made-its-first-forecast-for-soft-wheat.md) | -2.2% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-24 | [French wheat harvest off to early start](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40873-french-wheat-harvest-off-to-early-start.md) | +1.5% | -4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-24 | [Grain estimate. More wheat in France \| Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71952-grain-estimate-more-wheat-in-france-agriculture.md) | +2.3% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-06 | [Australia harvested 2 million tons of wheat more than forecast in 2024/25 MY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26019-australia-harvested-2-million-tons-of-wheat-more-than-forecast-in-2024-25-my.md) | -0.7% | -3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-22 | [2022 Harvest estimated at 2.42 million tonnes - Record yields for many crops in Ireland in 2022 - Teagasc \| Agriculture and Food Development Authority](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38735-2022-harvest-estimated-at-2-42-million-tonnes-record-yields-for-many-crops-in.md) | -1.2% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/french-ministry-of-agriculture-has-estimated-the-current-years-wheat-harvest-at-32-6-mln-tons/

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