# French wheat conditions still good, spring barley sowing nears end - Markets - Business Recorder

> FranceAgriMer rated 88% of French soft wheat crops good or excellent in the week to March 8, unchanged on the week and well above the 63% of a year earlier. Winter barley ratings were 85% good or excellent, and 90% of expected spring barley area was sown.

- Date: 2021-03-13 · published 2021-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48085-french-wheat-conditions-still-good-spring-barley-sowing-nears-end-markets
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Strong crop conditions point to a large French harvest, which weighs on wheat prices and keeps barley supplies ample for feed buyers. Good progress on spring sowing also reduces planting risk.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-30 | [French wheat, barley crop ratings ease as farmers wrap up sowing - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21893-french-wheat-barley-crop-ratings-ease-as-farmers-wrap-up-sowing-markets.md) | +1.9% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-17 | [French soft wheat crop rating stable - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41779-french-soft-wheat-crop-rating-stable-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.7% | +7.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-11 | [FranceAgriMer lifts soft wheat ending stocks estimate - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48087-franceagrimer-lifts-soft-wheat-ending-stocks-estimate-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.4% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-04 | [Chicago wheat down - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7138-chicago-wheat-down-markets-business-recorder.md) | +4.6% | +4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-13 | [France sees 2021 wheat area rise; barley, rapeseed and sugar beet fall - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47530-france-sees-2021-wheat-area-rise-barley-rapeseed-and-sugar-beet-fall-markets.md) | +4.1% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40073266

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