# France increases soft wheat area estimates but is cautious about harvest outlook

> 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.

- Date: 2025-02-11 · published 2025-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25975-france-increases-soft-wheat-area-estimates-but-is-cautious-about-harvest-outlook
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-15 | [France: Winter barley area estimated to have increased - beverage-world.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43542-france-winter-barley-area-estimated-to-have-increased-beverage-world-com.md) | +4.2% | +7.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-15 | [France lowered its estimate for winter wheat acreage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19661-france-lowered-its-estimate-for-winter-wheat-acreage.md) | -0.6% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-10 | [France: wheat acreage for the 2018 harvest almost](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65478-france-wheat-acreage-for-the-2018-harvest-almost.md) | +2.4% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-02-14 | [France reduces winter grain area estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31606-france-reduces-winter-grain-area-estimates.md) | +0.1% | -5.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-11 | [IBGE: In July, estimated harvest increase for 2020 is 3.8% \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51441-ibge-in-july-estimated-harvest-increase-for-2020-is-3-8-news-agency.md) | +0.9% | +11.7% |

## Sources

- energynews.oedigital.com: https://energynews.oedigital.com/environment/2025/02/11/france-increases-soft-wheat-area-estimates-but-is-cautious-about-harvest-outlook

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