# French maize harvest 85% complete, wheat sowing at 54%

> French farmers had harvested 85% of the grain maize crop by October 23, up from 74% a week earlier, according to FranceAgriMer. Soft wheat sowing for next year's harvest reached 54% of expected area, compared with 38% a week before.

- Date: 2023-10-30 · published 2023-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33555-french-maize-harvest-85-complete-wheat-sowing-at-54
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Harvest and sowing progress are routine crop pace data that give little new price signal, as the French crop is already largely known.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-16 | [French maize harvest 92% complete by Oct 12, soft wheat sowings at 15% \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17065-french-maize-harvest-92-complete-by-oct-12-soft-wheat-sowings-at-15.md) | -1.2% | — |
| CORN | 2020-02-12 | [Brazil's Soybean Harvest 16% Complete](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54461-brazil-s-soybean-harvest-16-complete.md) | +1.9% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2021-04-06 | [Brazil's soybean harvest 78% complete, corn sowing ends: analysts - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47444-brazil-s-soybean-harvest-78-complete-corn-sowing-ends-analysts-fastmarkets.md) | +1.7% | +24.1% |
| CORN | 2024-05-18 | [French wheat conditions hold at 4-year low, maize planting picks up - AgriInsite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30176-french-wheat-conditions-hold-at-4-year-low-maize-planting-picks-up-agriinsite.md) | +1.9% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2019-05-03 | [SOYBEAN HARVEST IS COMPLETED IN PARANÁ; WHEAT PLANTING REACHES 11% – WILLIAMS SERVIÇOS MARÍTIMOS LTDA.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58930-soybean-harvest-is-completed-in-parana-wheat-planting-reaches-11-williams.md) | -2.7% | +12.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-16 | [French maize harvest 92% complete by Oct 12, soft wheat sowings at 15% \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17065-french-maize-harvest-92-complete-by-oct-12-soft-wheat-sowings-at-15.md) | +1.0% | — |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-02 | [French corn harvest at 89% while wheat sowing at 93% - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26898-french-corn-harvest-at-89-while-wheat-sowing-at-93-fastmarkets.md) | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-06 | [French soft wheat sowing 76% complete by Nov. 2 \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50098-french-soft-wheat-sowing-76-complete-by-nov-2-financial-post.md) | +0.0% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/french-maize-harvest-85-complete-wheat-sowing-at-54-2/

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