# French Cereal Crop Conditions Stay Favourable In Hot Spell | ESM Magazine

> FranceAgriMer reported 81% of French soft wheat in good or excellent condition in the week to 14 June, unchanged on the week and well above 56% a year earlier. Crops were about a week behind average growth, and winter barley harvesting had started in western France.

- Date: 2021-06-18 · published 2021-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46523-french-cereal-crop-conditions-stay-favourable-in-hot-spell-esm-magazine
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Strong French crop ratings point to a large harvest after last year's poor crop, which limits upward price pressure on wheat. Barley harvest timing will show how quickly new supply arrives.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-09 | [French cereal conditions good ahead of cold spell - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47532-french-cereal-conditions-good-ahead-of-cold-spell-markets-business-recorder.md) | -3.6% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-29 | [French Soft Wheat Crop Rating Steady At Decade High \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35914-french-soft-wheat-crop-rating-steady-at-decade-high-esm-magazine.md) | -1.4% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-17 | [EU Wheat Crops Not Seen Suffering Big Hit From Cold Spell \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48562-eu-wheat-crops-not-seen-suffering-big-hit-from-cold-spell-esm-magazine.md) | +0.8% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-29 | [Favorable conditions for winter crops, increasing pressure on the prices of new crop wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48163-favorable-conditions-for-winter-crops-increasing-pressure-on-the-prices-of-new.md) | -0.5% | +4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-16 | [Weather delivers ideal crop conditions \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63505-weather-delivers-ideal-crop-conditions-farm-weekly-wa.md) | -0.2% | +6.2% |

## Sources

- esmmagazine.com: https://www.esmmagazine.com/supply-chain/cereal-crop-conditions-stay-favourable-hot-spell-137001

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