# France May See Worst Wheat Damage in Years Due to Non-Stop Rain - Bloomberg

> French farmers expect damage to 12 to 20% of their wheat area from non-stop rain and low sunshine. The conditions recall a weather-hit crop in France eight years ago.

- Date: 2024-06-06 · published 2024-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29701-france-may-see-worst-wheat-damage-in-years-due-to-non-stop-rain-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Losses of this size in the EU's largest wheat producer would cut exportable supply and lift wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-19 | [Wheat in France Faces Catastrophic Lack of Rain, Analyst Says - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53579-wheat-in-france-faces-catastrophic-lack-of-rain-analyst-says-bloomberg.md) | -2.1% | -2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-27 | [France to produce smallest soft wheat crop in 25 years \| 2020-07-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52048-france-to-produce-smallest-soft-wheat-crop-in-25-years-2020-07-27-world-grain.md) | +0.4% | -1.6% |
| 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 | 2017-07-06 | [Food Prices Near 2-Year High Thanks to a Record Surge in Butter and Wheat - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6181-food-prices-near-2-year-high-thanks-to-a-record-surge-in-butter-and-wheat.md) | -1.4% | +0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-07 | [France’s soft wheat crop drops due to weather woes \| 2020-07-07  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52050-france-s-soft-wheat-crop-drops-due-to-weather-woes-2020-07-07-world-grain.md) | +0.8% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-06/france-may-see-worst-wheat-damage-in-years-due-to-non-stop-rain

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