# Strategie Grains cuts EU, UK wheat crop forecast - Markets - Business Recorder

> Strategie Grains cut its 2020 soft wheat forecast for the EU plus Britain to 128.0 million tonnes, 13% below 2019. It also lowered its 2020/21 EU-plus-Britain export forecast to 23.1 million tonnes from 25.3 million. Barley output was left unchanged at 64.2 million tonnes.

- Date: 2020-08-13 · published 2020-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51571-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-uk-wheat-crop-forecast-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Repeated downgrades to EU and UK wheat output and exports signal tighter European supply, which supports wheat prices and increases import demand.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-12 | [Coceral cuts EU, UK soft wheat, rapeseed crop forecasts - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48083-coceral-cuts-eu-uk-soft-wheat-rapeseed-crop-forecasts-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.3% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-25 | [EU sharply cuts soft wheat harvest forecast again - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52547-eu-sharply-cuts-soft-wheat-harvest-forecast-again-markets-business-recorder.md) | +0.8% | -5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-19 | [Strategie Grains Cuts EU Wheat, Barley Crop Forecast But Sees Rain Relief \| Checkout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59023-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-wheat-barley-crop-forecast-but-sees-rain-relief.md) | +10.5% | +9.7% |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-13 | [Strategie Grains cuts EU wheat crop forecast as harvesting starts - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29698-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-wheat-crop-forecast-as-harvesting-starts-agcanada.md) | -2.1% | -3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-24 | [EU trims 2021/22 wheat harvest and stocks forecasts - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46520-eu-trims-2021-22-wheat-harvest-and-stocks-forecasts-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.1% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40012055

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