# Heavy rainfall causes severe harvest impact and losses for French farmers | Euronews

> Persistent rain in France is cutting soft wheat output, with the harvest estimated at about 29.7 million tonnes, down 15% from 2023. Individual farms report losses of up to 20% and lodged crops.

- Date: 2024-07-11 · published 2024-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29191-heavy-rainfall-causes-severe-harvest-impact-and-losses-for-french-farmers
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Farm-level losses confirm the French crop shortfall, reinforcing expectations of tighter EU wheat supplies and firmer prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-20 | [Russian farmers ditch wheat for other crops after heavy losses](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27441-russian-farmers-ditch-wheat-for-other-crops-after-heavy-losses.md) | -0.0% | +0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-17 | [Heatwave Poses Risks for French, Spanish Wheat as EU Harvest Nears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40872-heatwave-poses-risks-for-french-spanish-wheat-as-eu-harvest-nears.md) | -3.4% | -14.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-08 | [French crop growers warn farms at risk after harvest setbacks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51063-french-crop-growers-warn-farms-at-risk-after-harvest-setbacks.md) | +0.4% | +7.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-18 | [Global supplies, climate, and political pressure impacting prices for grain farmers \| farmnewsNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11812-global-supplies-climate-and-political-pressure-impacting-prices-for-grain.md) | +2.2% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-22 | [Record grain harvest potential for Western Australian farmers as prices spike on east coast drought - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63501-record-grain-harvest-potential-for-western-australian-farmers-as-prices-spike.md) | +1.0% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- euronews.com: https://www.euronews.com/2024/07/11/heavy-rainfall-causes-severe-harvest-impact-and-losses-for-french-farmers

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