# France raises crop forecasts for wheat, maize and

> The French Ministry of Agriculture raised its common wheat estimate to 35.5 million tonnes from 35.2 million last month, and its grain maize forecast to 14.5 million tonnes from 13.9 million. Sunflower output was lifted to a record 2 million tonnes.

- Date: 2021-11-09 · published 2021-11-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43990-france-raises-crop-forecasts-for-wheat-maize-and
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Larger French wheat, maize and sunflower crops add supply to the EU market and weigh on feed grain and meal prices. The upward revisions point to ample supplies for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-07 | [FranceAgriMer increases forecasts for wheat, maize and](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69382-franceagrimer-increases-forecasts-for-wheat-maize-and.md) | -3.8% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-13 | [France raises again its forecast for soft wheat production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68911-france-raises-again-its-forecast-for-soft-wheat-production.md) | +0.7% | +4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-17 | [France Updates Wheat and Corn Production Forecasts for 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22802-france-updates-wheat-and-corn-production-forecasts-for-2025.md) | +0.4% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-11 | [France Raises Wheat Crop Estimate, Sees Fall In Maize Output \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23259-france-raises-wheat-crop-estimate-sees-fall-in-maize-output-esm-magazine.md) | -1.0% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2016-04-18 | [The CFTC figures for wheat and maize from the](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8409-the-cftc-figures-for-wheat-and-maize-from-the.md) | -0.5% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2024-09-18 | [France cuts soft wheat crop estimate, raises maize forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28262-france-cuts-soft-wheat-crop-estimate-raises-maize-forecast.md) | -1.2% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2023-09-13 | [France cuts wheat crop estimate, raises maize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34028-france-cuts-wheat-crop-estimate-raises-maize.md) | -7.1% | -5.9% |
| CORN | 2017-08-07 | [FranceAgriMer increases forecasts for wheat, maize and](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69382-franceagrimer-increases-forecasts-for-wheat-maize-and.md) | -1.6% | -6.5% |

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/news/newsticker-france-raises-crop-forecasts-wheat-maize-and-sunflower-seeds-2021-11-09

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