# French wheat crop to dip by more than 2.5m tonnes, as farmers switch to oilseeds - Grain Price News

> The French farm ministry forecast soft wheat output at 32.90 million tonnes, down 2.54 million from 2021, partly due to heat and dry spring weather. Farmers also shifted more land to oilseeds, with rapeseed plantings at 1.21 million hectares, the largest since 2018.

- Date: 2022-07-12 · published 2022-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40423-french-wheat-crop-to-dip-by-more-than-2-5m-tonnes-as-farmers-switch-to-oilseeds
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower French wheat supply supports EU wheat prices, while the larger rapeseed area adds meal supply that could weigh on canola and rapeseed meal values.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-19 | [Wheat/barley price prospects on the rise; oilseeds to fall: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64497-wheat-barley-price-prospects-on-the-rise-oilseeds-to-fall-abares-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-15 | [COMMODITIES 2026: Russian wheat output expected to fall as farmers pivot to oilseeds \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21431-commodities-2026-russian-wheat-output-expected-to-fall-as-farmers-pivot-to.md) | -0.3% | +0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-01-21 | [Wheat and oilseed rape prices rise as pound remains weak - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73055-wheat-and-oilseed-rape-prices-rise-as-pound-remains-weak-farmers-weekly.md) | -1.3% | +4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-30 | [High new-crop UK wheat prices, what can be done? Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7703-high-new-crop-uk-wheat-prices-what-can-be-done-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -5.5% | -5.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-01-18 | [Where did 5 million tonnes of Australian wheat go? - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66946-where-did-5-million-tonnes-of-australian-wheat-go-grain-central.md) | +2.9% | +5.9% |

## Sources

- grainpricenews.com: https://grainpricenews.com/2022/07/12/french-wheat-crop-to-dip-by-more-than-2-5m-tonnes-as-farmers-switch-to-oilseeds/

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