# France sees 25% drop in 2024 soft wheat crop after relentless rainfall | Rapporteur

> The French agriculture ministry on 9 August cut its 2024 soft wheat output estimate to 25% below last year, making it one of the worst harvests in 40 years. Persistent rain delayed planting, hurt development and increased disease, and the ministry's figure remains above private analysts' 25-26 million tonnes.

- Date: 2024-08-09 · published 2024-08-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28707-france-sees-25-drop-in-2024-soft-wheat-crop-after-relentless-rainfall-rapporteur
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The ministry's downgrade signals a much smaller EU wheat exportable surplus, supporting European and world wheat prices, though the estimate is still above some analyst forecasts.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-12 | [FranceAgriMer sees wheat 2024/25 exports and stocks down on poor crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29192-franceagrimer-sees-wheat-2024-25-exports-and-stocks-down-on-poor-crop.md) | -3.9% | -2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-29 | [EU sees soft wheat production falling to four-year low in 2024/25](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31152-eu-sees-soft-wheat-production-falling-to-four-year-low-in-2024-25.md) | -1.3% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-13 | [Coceral sees smaller EU wheat crop in 2022 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43539-coceral-sees-smaller-eu-wheat-crop-in-2022-world-grain.md) | -6.0% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-18 | [France cuts soft wheat crop estimate, raises maize forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28262-france-cuts-soft-wheat-crop-estimate-raises-maize-forecast.md) | +11.0% | +5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-15 | [USDA sees 26pc drop in Australia's new-crop wheat - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35906-usda-sees-26pc-drop-in-australia-s-new-crop-wheat-grain-central.md) | -1.6% | -7.1% |

## Sources

- rapporteur.com: https://www.rapporteur.com/news/update-1-france-sees-25-drop-in-2024-soft-wheat-crop-after-relentless-rainfall/

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