# What France's speedy wheat harvest says about yield prospects - Grain Price News

> French soft wheat harvest reached 84% completion by late July after an early mid-June start, the earliest in more than a decade. Grain Price News notes that fast harvests in drought years such as 2011, 2018 and 2020 have tended to coincide with below-average yields.

- Date: 2022-07-22 · published 2022-07-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40427-what-france-s-speedy-wheat-harvest-says-about-yield-prospects-grain-price-news
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

An early, fast harvest hints at lower French wheat yields, which supports EU wheat values and import demand for alternative origins.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-23 | [Hope erodes for EU wheat yields, as 'pronounced rain deficit' saps crops - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41355-hope-erodes-for-eu-wheat-yields-as-pronounced-rain-deficit-saps-crops-grain.md) | -2.2% | -3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-17 | [Dryness in Argentina, France adds to world wheat headaches - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40877-dryness-in-argentina-france-adds-to-world-wheat-headaches-grain-price-news.md) | -3.4% | -14.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-30 | [Early U.S. winter wheat harvest supports low-protein fears - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71031-early-u-s-winter-wheat-harvest-supports-low-protein-fears-grainews.md) | -0.5% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-28 | [How big will Western Australia's wheat crop be? - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40444-how-big-will-western-australia-s-wheat-crop-be-grain-price-news.md) | +4.6% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-24 | [Spring wheat, oat futures outperform, as storms hamper US sowings - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41453-spring-wheat-oat-futures-outperform-as-storms-hamper-us-sowings-grain-price-news.md) | -0.7% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- grainpricenews.com: https://grainpricenews.com/2022/07/22/what-frances-speedy-wheat-harvest-says-about-yield-prospects/

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