# Sowing winter grains almost everywhere completed - Inside Grains & Raw Material | Boerenbusiness. Nl

> The European Commission's MARS report says winter cereal sowing is almost complete across Europe thanks to better November weather. Rapeseed sowing was hit by drought in key producing countries, and the area is expected to be well below last year and the five-year average.

- Date: 2020-11-24 · published 2020-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50099-sowing-winter-grains-almost-everywhere-completed-inside-grains-and-raw-material
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller EU rapeseed area points to lower oilseed meal supply next year, which supports canola meal prices. Wheat is largely unaffected because winter cereal plantings are on track.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-06 | [French soft wheat sowing 76% complete by Nov. 2 \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50098-french-soft-wheat-sowing-76-complete-by-nov-2-financial-post.md) | +0.0% | -6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-27 | [Grain market roundtable: Wheat futures expected to trade sideways \| Bakingbusiness.com \| November 27, 2017 15:36 \| Baking Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68032-grain-market-roundtable-wheat-futures-expected-to-trade-sideways-bakingbusiness.md) | +0.4% | +0.6% |
| 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 | 2024-11-22 | [Winter crops sowing is coming to an end in France](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27356-winter-crops-sowing-is-coming-to-an-end-in-france.md) | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-11-24 | [MARS: Sowing of winter cereals in the EU usually](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50100-mars-sowing-of-winter-cereals-in-the-eu-usually.md) | -1.0% | +8.3% |

## Sources

- en.boerenbusiness.nl: https://en.boerenbusiness.nl/granen-grondstof/artikel/10890155/inzaai-wintergranen-bijna-overal-afgerond

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