# France: Winter barley area estimated to have increased - beverage-world.com

> France's agriculture ministry estimates winter barley area for the 2022 harvest at 1.23 million hectares, up from 1.20 million. Winter rapeseed is projected to rise to 1.10 million hectares, while winter soft wheat eases to 4.92 million hectares.

- Date: 2021-12-15 · published 2021-12-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43542-france-winter-barley-area-estimated-to-have-increased-beverage-world-com
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A larger French barley area adds to EU feed grain supply, which is modestly bearish, though the figures are early estimates and sowing is still ahead.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-02-14 | [France reduces winter grain area estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31606-france-reduces-winter-grain-area-estimates.md) | +0.1% | -5.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-15 | [France lowered its estimate for winter wheat acreage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19661-france-lowered-its-estimate-for-winter-wheat-acreage.md) | -0.6% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-11 | [France increases soft wheat area estimates but is cautious about harvest outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25975-france-increases-soft-wheat-area-estimates-but-is-cautious-about-harvest-outlook.md) | +2.0% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-22 | [Winter crops sowing is coming to an end in France](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27356-winter-crops-sowing-is-coming-to-an-end-in-france.md) | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-11 | [IBGE: In July, estimated harvest increase for 2020 is 3.8% \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51441-ibge-in-july-estimated-harvest-increase-for-2020-is-3-8-news-agency.md) | +0.9% | +11.7% |

## Sources

- beverage-world.com: https://www.beverage-world.com/en/newsdetail/france-winter-barley-increased

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