France's Ministry of Agriculture raised its winter soft-wheat area estimate to about 4.57 million hectares, up 10% from 2024 and 0.4% above the five-year average. Winter barley area was cut to 1.21 million hectares, and the ministry warned that waterlogged fields could hurt yields or force resowing.
A larger French wheat area adds supply for 2025, but wet-soil risks and lower barley area keep the harvest outlook uncertain, leaving wheat and barley prices with mixed pressure.
After 406 past neutral report events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.5%), and +0.0% over 20.
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