# France expects lowest wheat harvest in almost 40 years - Food & Agribusiness

> Agreste puts French soft wheat output at no more than 26.7 million tonnes, down 25% year on year and the lowest in almost 40 years. The drop reflects a historically low yield of 6.24 t/ha and a much smaller planted area of 4.2 million hectares.

- Date: 2024-08-14 · published 2024-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28708-france-expects-lowest-wheat-harvest-in-almost-40-years-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A historically small French crop reduces EU export availability and supports wheat prices, with area and yield both contributing to the shortfall.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-10 | [France expects lowest wheat harvest in 4 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29187-france-expects-lowest-wheat-harvest-in-4-years.md) | -4.1% | -2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-09 | [France heading to one of worst wheat harvests in 40 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28709-france-heading-to-one-of-worst-wheat-harvests-in-40-years.md) | +0.2% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-19 | [France lowers soft wheat harvest and export forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28264-france-lowers-soft-wheat-harvest-and-export-forecasts.md) | +11.4% | +5.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-02 | [Experts have lowered the forecast for the soft wheat harvest in the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32067-experts-have-lowered-the-forecast-for-the-soft-wheat-harvest-in-the-eu.md) | -2.8% | -2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-18 | [Australia says 2019/20 wheat harvest drops to lowest in 12 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54573-australia-says-2019-20-wheat-harvest-drops-to-lowest-in-12-years.md) | -0.9% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/france-expects-lowest-wheat-harvest-in-almost-40-years

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