# French wheat harvest off to early start

> French farmers started the wheat harvest early, with about 2% of the soft wheat area harvested by June 20, according to FranceAgriMer. The start was earlier than last year and ahead of the five-year average, which analysts linked to a hot spell accelerating crop ripening.

- Date: 2022-06-24 · published 2022-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40873-french-wheat-harvest-off-to-early-start
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

An early harvest brings earlier supply into the market, which can weigh on near-term wheat prices, though yield concerns from the heat limit the downside.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-07 | [French producers expect common wheat harvests of less](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45011-french-producers-expect-common-wheat-harvests-of-less.md) | +1.8% | +5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-16 | [French Ministry of Agriculture has estimated the current year’s wheat harvest at 32.6 mln tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23687-french-ministry-of-agriculture-has-estimated-the-current-year-s-wheat-harvest.md) | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-18 | [India to harvest record rice, wheat crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54541-india-to-harvest-record-rice-wheat-crops.md) | -0.9% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-17 | [Wheat prices soften ahead of harvest \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6382-wheat-prices-soften-ahead-of-harvest-the-land-nsw.md) | -3.8% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-20 | [Australia’s wheat harvest forecast raised to near-record level](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22354-australia-s-wheat-harvest-forecast-raised-to-near-record-level.md) | +0.7% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-grains-crops/french-wheat-harvest-off-to-early-start-idUSKBN2O50OE/

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