# Grain Harvest Picks Up In The EU After Downpour, Crop Quality In Focus | ESM Magazine

> Western European farmers are making progress in harvesting after a warm, dry spell, though heavy rain caused deadly floods in Germany and Belgium. Yields are not expected to be cut significantly, but rain has raised concerns about sprouting, disease and falling quality in wheat. Durum quality may also have deteriorated.

- Date: 2021-07-21 · published 2021-07-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46026-grain-harvest-picks-up-in-the-eu-after-downpour-crop-quality-in-focus-esm
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Quality concerns in EU wheat could reduce export volumes of milling wheat and support prices. Lower-grade wheat moving to feed use would add supply to the feed market.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-07 | [EU wheat harvest focus turns to Germany after poor French crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51567-eu-wheat-harvest-focus-turns-to-germany-after-poor-french-crop.md) | -1.3% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-04 | [Quality worries in Europe as rain stalls harvest: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34521-quality-worries-in-europe-as-rain-stalls-harvest-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +1.0% | -6.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-27 | [2024/25 South Australia grain crop well down on the previous year – The South Australian Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26464-2024-25-south-australia-grain-crop-well-down-on-the-previous-year-the-south.md) | +4.0% | +5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-10 | [COCERAL forecasts the grain harvest in the EU-27 + UK at 289.8 mln tons.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33560-coceral-forecasts-the-grain-harvest-in-the-eu-27-uk-at-289-8-mln-tons.md) | +0.2% | -1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-22 | [EU Crop Monitor Trims Yield Estimates, Warns Of Wheat Quality Damage \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34517-eu-crop-monitor-trims-yield-estimates-warns-of-wheat-quality-damage-esm-magazine.md) | -4.2% | -1.7% |

## Sources

- esmmagazine.com: https://www.esmmagazine.com/supply-chain/grain-harvest-picks-eu-downpour-crop-quality-focus-140564

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