# EU cuts 2026/27 maize, soft wheat crop estimates - Markets - Business Recorder

> The European Commission cut its 2026/27 EU maize usable production estimate to 47.0 million tons from 48.3 million. It also trimmed soft wheat output to 123.7 million tons and lowered ending stocks to 10.6 million tons, while raising barley and sunflower seed estimates.

- Date: 2026-10-31 · published 2026-11-01T06:05:33.719Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/3990-eu-cuts-2026-27-maize-soft-wheat-crop-estimates-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller EU maize and wheat crop tightens European feed grain supply and supports import demand, which is bullish for corn and wheat prices and for feed substitutes like barley.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-13 | [France raises wheat, maize crop estimates, cuts sugar beet - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27352-france-raises-wheat-maize-crop-estimates-cuts-sugar-beet-markets-business.md) | -0.9% | +0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-04 | [EU cuts 2024/25 maize, soft wheat crop estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27355-eu-cuts-2024-25-maize-soft-wheat-crop-estimates.md) | +0.1% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-12 | [Coceral cuts EU, UK soft wheat, rapeseed crop forecasts - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48083-coceral-cuts-eu-uk-soft-wheat-rapeseed-crop-forecasts-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.3% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-25 | [EU sharply cuts soft wheat harvest forecast again - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52547-eu-sharply-cuts-soft-wheat-harvest-forecast-again-markets-business-recorder.md) | +0.8% | -5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-13 | [Strategie Grains cuts EU, UK wheat crop forecast - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51571-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-uk-wheat-crop-forecast-markets-business-recorder.md) | +0.7% | +11.5% |
| CORN | 2024-11-04 | [EU cuts 2024/25 maize, soft wheat crop estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27355-eu-cuts-2024-25-maize-soft-wheat-crop-estimates.md) | +2.5% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2026-05-15 | [Expana lifts EU wheat, abarley crop outlook, cuts maize - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19181-expana-lifts-eu-wheat-abarley-crop-outlook-cuts-maize-markets-business-recorder.md) | +0.6% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2020-06-11 | [Wheat slides on record global stocks estimate - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52557-wheat-slides-on-record-global-stocks-estimate-markets-business-recorder.md) | +1.0% | +5.3% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40446885
- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40446885/eu-cuts-202627-maize-soft-wheat-crop-estimates

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