# Heavy rains impact European crop conditions: Grain market daily | AHDB

> Wet weather across Europe has hurt sowing, emergence and development of winter crops in western, northern and parts of eastern Europe. Heavy rain has also continued to delay spring sowing in some regions. UK feed wheat futures for May 2024 closed at £170.25/t, down £1.15/t on the day.

- Date: 2024-04-10 · published 2024-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30698-heavy-rains-impact-european-crop-conditions-grain-market-daily-ahdb
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent wet weather lowers European yield expectations, which supports wheat prices. Daily moves were small, so the effect on prices is limited for now.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-04-17 | [French crop conditions dip amid dry weather: Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53576-french-crop-conditions-dip-amid-dry-weather-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -1.4% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-16 | [Prices rally as Russian crop reduces: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46105-prices-rally-as-russian-crop-reduces-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-04 | [Quality worries in Europe as rain stalls harvest: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34521-quality-worries-in-europe-as-rain-stalls-harvest-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +1.0% | -6.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-14 | [Why have markets rallied while US crop estimates grow? Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11344-why-have-markets-rallied-while-us-crop-estimates-grow-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +0.8% | +11.5% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-06 | [Rainfall continues to delay French plantings: Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11057-rainfall-continues-to-delay-french-plantings-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -3.5% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- ahdb.org.uk: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/heavy-rains-impact-european-crop-conditions-grain-market-daily

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