# France sees fall in winter wheat and barley sowing after rain

> France's farm ministry expects a sharp fall in winter cereal sowing after heavy autumn rain disrupted field work. The soft wheat area for 2024 is projected at 4.49 million hectares, down 5.1% and a four-year low, while winter barley is pegged at 1.31 million hectares, down 4.0%. Durum planting is also seen falling 10.5%, and winter rapeseed area held steady.

- Date: 2023-12-13 · published 2023-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32653-france-sees-fall-in-winter-wheat-and-barley-sowing-after-rain
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced French sowing points to a smaller 2024 wheat and barley crop, which supports European feed grain prices if yields also suffer. Winter rapeseed holding steady limits the impact on oilseed meal.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-14 | [French wheat and barley harvesting remains slow after wet spell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34519-french-wheat-and-barley-harvesting-remains-slow-after-wet-spell.md) | -0.5% | -7.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-11-13 | [French grain sowing lagging far behind after rains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33129-french-grain-sowing-lagging-far-behind-after-rains.md) | -2.7% | -2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-17 | [France's wheat production to fall after heatwaves push early harvest - RFI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18283-france-s-wheat-production-to-fall-after-heatwaves-push-early-harvest-rfi.md) | +3.8% | +0.1% |
| 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 | 2024-04-29 | [French wheat ratings fall again while maize sowings progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30697-french-wheat-ratings-fall-again-while-maize-sowings-progress.md) | -1.8% | +21.1% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/france-sees-fall-in-winter-wheat-and-barley-sowing-after-rain/
- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/heavy-rains-hit-frances-winter-wheat-barley-sowing/

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