# Europe Braces for More Crop Loss and Damage as Rains Lash Down

> Europe's farmers are facing more crop losses as continued heavy rain delays winter planting after rotting and diseased crops remained in some fields. France recorded its worst wheat harvest in decades, and the wet weather could extend losses into a second year.

- Date: 2024-11-01 · published 2024-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27793-europe-braces-for-more-crop-loss-and-damage-as-rains-lash-down
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent wet weather and delayed winter sowing in the EU and France tighten feed grain supplies, supporting wheat and corn prices and raising import demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-20 | [Heatwave damages French wheat crops, rain helps in northern Europe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70429-heatwave-damages-french-wheat-crops-rain-helps-in-northern-europe.md) | -0.9% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-02 | [Storm Damages Midwest Wheat Crop; More Heavy Rain to Come](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7003-storm-damages-midwest-wheat-crop-more-heavy-rain-to-come.md) | -2.3% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-17 | [Poor rainfall forces crop production forecast downgrade \| Launceston, TAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68401-poor-rainfall-forces-crop-production-forecast-downgrade-launceston-tas.md) | +0.0% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-31 | [India braces for another month of above-average rainfall in September](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28728-india-braces-for-another-month-of-above-average-rainfall-in-september.md) | +3.6% | +14.4% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-11 | [Heavy rainfall causes severe harvest impact and losses for French farmers \| Euronews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29191-heavy-rainfall-causes-severe-harvest-impact-and-losses-for-french-farmers.md) | -3.5% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-05-02 | [Storm Damages Midwest Wheat Crop; More Heavy Rain to Come](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7003-storm-damages-midwest-wheat-crop-more-heavy-rain-to-come.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-03-05 | [March Rains Sound Alarm of Crop Loss in Brazil Soybean Belt - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47962-march-rains-sound-alarm-of-crop-loss-in-brazil-soybean-belt-bloomberg.md) | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2020-05-20 | [Ponding creates potential for crop damage \| MU Extension](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52967-ponding-creates-potential-for-crop-damage-mu-extension.md) | -0.4% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-25/europe-braces-for-more-crop-loss-and-damage-as-rains-lash-down

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