# In France, the cultivation area of rapeseed and winter cereals was increased

> French government estimates show winter oilseed rape sowing up 9.0% on the year to 1.29 million hectares, 10.9% above the 2018-2022 average. Total winter cereal area is 6.76 million hectares, up 1.8%, with soft wheat up 2.0% and barley up 3.7%, while hard wheat fell 4.8%.

- Date: 2023-02-21 · published 2023-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37271-in-france-the-cultivation-area-of-rapeseed-and-winter-cereals-was-increased
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Larger French winter cereal and rapeseed areas point to more European supply for the 2023 harvest, a mild bearish factor for wheat and oilseed prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-17 | [France expects expansion of key winter crop areas in 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21432-france-expects-expansion-of-key-winter-crop-areas-in-2026.md) | +0.8% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-12 | [France Sees 10% Increase in Winter Soft Wheat Sowing Area for 2025 Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25978-france-sees-10-increase-in-winter-soft-wheat-sowing-area-for-2025-harvest.md) | +2.2% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-10 | [France raises winter soft wheat and rapeseed planting estimates - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20527-france-raises-winter-soft-wheat-and-rapeseed-planting-estimates-grainews.md) | +1.9% | +6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-24 | [Cereal and rapeseed yields forecast up in Europe -  Free](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36334-cereal-and-rapeseed-yields-forecast-up-in-europe-free.md) | -8.3% | -10.0% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-21 | [France sees 2021 wheat area rise; barley, rapeseed and sugar beet fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47531-france-sees-2021-wheat-area-rise-barley-rapeseed-and-sugar-beet-fall.md) | +4.5% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- tridge.com: https://www.tridge.com/news/in-france-the-cultivation-area-of-rapeseed-and-win

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