# France sees soft wheat sowing rebounding after rain relents

> France's farm ministry estimates soft wheat plantings for the 2025 harvest at 4.51 million hectares, up 8.7% year on year. The rebound follows drier November weather that allowed growers to catch up on delayed sowing, avoiding a repeat of the rain-hit planting of 2024.

- Date: 2024-12-19 · published 2024-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26892-france-sees-soft-wheat-sowing-rebounding-after-rain-relents
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A larger French wheat area points to higher EU supply next year, after the 2024 harvest was the smallest since the 1980s. That is mildly bearish for wheat prices, though the area remains below the five-year average.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-12 | [France Sees 10% Increase in Winter Soft Wheat Sowing Area for 2025 Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25978-france-sees-10-increase-in-winter-soft-wheat-sowing-area-for-2025-harvest.md) | +2.2% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-10 | [France raises winter soft wheat and rapeseed planting estimates - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20527-france-raises-winter-soft-wheat-and-rapeseed-planting-estimates-grainews.md) | +1.9% | +6.3% |
| 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 | 2025-04-17 | [France ups soft wheat area estimate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25049-france-ups-soft-wheat-area-estimate.md) | +2.5% | +3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-02-14 | [UPDATE 2-France Nudges up 2023 Soft Wheat Area Estimate, Raises Rapeseed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37267-update-2-france-nudges-up-2023-soft-wheat-area-estimate-raises-rapeseed.md) | -1.2% | -7.6% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/france-sees-soft-wheat-sowing-rebounding-after-rain-relents/

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