# French soft wheat sowing 76% complete by Nov. 2 | Financial Post

> FranceAgriMer reported that French farmers had sown 76% of the expected soft wheat area by Nov. 2, up from 66% a week earlier. Sowing is ahead of last year and in line with the five-year average, and winter barley sowing reached 87%.

- Date: 2020-11-06 · published 2020-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50098-french-soft-wheat-sowing-76-complete-by-nov-2-financial-post
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Sowing progress that is on pace with recent years points to a normal French wheat crop, so it has little direct effect on prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-30 | [French maize harvest 85% complete, wheat sowing at 54%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33555-french-maize-harvest-85-complete-wheat-sowing-at-54.md) | +2.3% | +0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-16 | [French maize harvest 92% complete by Oct 12, soft wheat sowings at 15% \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17065-french-maize-harvest-92-complete-by-oct-12-soft-wheat-sowings-at-15.md) | +1.0% | — |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-02 | [French corn harvest at 89% while wheat sowing at 93% - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26898-french-corn-harvest-at-89-while-wheat-sowing-at-93-fastmarkets.md) | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-21 | [French wheat, barley in good shape as sowing nears end](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38608-french-wheat-barley-in-good-shape-as-sowing-nears-end.md) | +0.2% | -2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-14 | [E-Malt: France: Spring barley sowing 92% complete as of March 10](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25503-e-malt-france-spring-barley-sowing-92-complete-as-of-march-10.md) | +5.2% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/french-soft-wheat-sowing-76-complete-by-nov-2

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