# French wheat crop rating slips further - Markets - Business Recorder

> France's soft wheat crop condition declined for a fifth straight week, with 67% rated good or excellent in the week to May 30, down from 69%. Drought hit shallow-soil areas, while the Centre-Val de Loire region rated only 43% good or excellent. Spring barley and durum conditions also worsened.

- Date: 2022-06-05 · published 2022-06-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40875-french-wheat-crop-rating-slips-further-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Deteriorating French crop ratings signal lower EU output, supporting wheat and barley prices amid already tight global supplies.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-25 | [French wheat rating slips, maize sowing slows as rain returns - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30177-french-wheat-rating-slips-maize-sowing-slows-as-rain-returns-markets-business.md) | -7.8% | -17.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-25 | [French wheat crop rating declines, barley harvest starts - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46524-french-wheat-crop-rating-declines-barley-harvest-starts-markets-business.md) | -0.2% | -3.8% |
| 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% |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-28 | [French wheat crop rating slips, spring barley sowing accelerates \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25977-french-wheat-crop-rating-slips-spring-barley-sowing-accelerates-marketscreener.md) | -3.6% | +0.3% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40177884

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