# Winter crops sowing is coming to an end in France

> French farmers had planted 90% of intended soft wheat area by November 18, versus 87% on average, and 52% of winter durum. Winter barley planting reached 96%, and 88% of soft wheat was rated good or very good.

- Date: 2024-11-22 · published 2024-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27356-winter-crops-sowing-is-coming-to-an-end-in-france
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Good planting progress and crop condition ratings suggest yields are not deteriorating further. This limits upside for European feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: neutral

## 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 | 2020-11-24 | [MARS: Sowing of winter cereals in the EU usually](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50100-mars-sowing-of-winter-cereals-in-the-eu-usually.md) | -1.0% | +8.3% |
| 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 | 2025-03-14 | [E-Malt: France: Spring barley sowing 92% complete as of March 10](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25503-e-malt-france-spring-barley-sowing-92-complete-as-of-march-10.md) | +5.2% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-20 | [🇫🇷 crop conditions 🌾 update (week ending Feb 16 📅) – FranceAgriMer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20525-crop-conditions-update-week-ending-feb-16-franceagrimer.md) | +1.3% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/winter-crops-sowing-is-coming-to-an-end-in-france/

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