# French crop growers warn farms at risk after harvest setbacks

> Adverse weather, including a parched spring and summer plus insect damage, caused a sharp drop in French cereal and rapeseed production. Growers warned that sugar beet yields may also plunge at harvest.

- Date: 2020-09-08 · published 2020-09-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51063-french-crop-growers-warn-farms-at-risk-after-harvest-setbacks
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower French cereal and rapeseed output reduces EU feed grain and oilseed meal supply, supporting prices for imported alternatives.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: 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 | 2018-02-13 | [Winter crop harvest survives tough season, but summer yields at risk  \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66465-winter-crop-harvest-survives-tough-season-but-summer-yields-at-risk-farm-online.md) | -0.7% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-23 | [Record heat puts French grain harvest at risk \| Science-Environment](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18752-record-heat-puts-french-grain-harvest-at-risk-science-environment.md) | -1.3% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-17 | [Heatwave Poses Risks for French, Spanish Wheat as EU Harvest Nears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40872-heatwave-poses-risks-for-french-spanish-wheat-as-eu-harvest-nears.md) | -3.4% | -14.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-14 | [French wheat and barley harvesting remains slow after wet spell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34519-french-wheat-and-barley-harvesting-remains-slow-after-wet-spell.md) | -0.5% | -7.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/france-agriculture/french-crop-growers-warn-farms-at-risk-after-harvest-setbacks-idUSL8N2G55L2/

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