# Hope erodes for EU wheat yields, as 'pronounced rain deficit' saps crops - Grain Price News

> The EU's Mars agrometeorological bureau reported a pronounced rain deficit across France, Germany, Poland and Romania. It trimmed its EU soft wheat, spring barley and rapeseed yield estimates, with the soft wheat yield now below last year's.

- Date: 2022-05-23 · published 2022-05-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41355-hope-erodes-for-eu-wheat-yields-as-pronounced-rain-deficit-saps-crops-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Smaller expected EU wheat and barley crops tighten exportable supplies and support prices for feed grains and wheat.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-22 | [What France's speedy wheat harvest says about yield prospects - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40427-what-france-s-speedy-wheat-harvest-says-about-yield-prospects-grain-price-news.md) | -10.2% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-02 | [Heatwave ravages European fields, sending wheat prices soaring - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9685-heatwave-ravages-european-fields-sending-wheat-prices-soaring-grainews.md) | +3.5% | +1.5% |
| 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 | 2022-07-26 | [La Nina having 'significant effect' on Argentine corn, wheat hopes - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40395-la-nina-having-significant-effect-on-argentine-corn-wheat-hopes-grain-price-news.md) | +5.9% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-22 | [Exchange warns over La Nina, as it slashes Argentine wheat crop to 7-year low - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39504-exchange-warns-over-la-nina-as-it-slashes-argentine-wheat-crop-to-7-year-low.md) | -0.2% | -10.7% |

## Sources

- grainpricenews.com: https://grainpricenews.com/2022/05/23/hope-erodes-for-eu-wheat-yields-as-pronounced-rain-deficit-saps-crops/

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