# France’s soft wheat crop drops due to weather woes | 2020-07-07  | World Grain

> French soft wheat output is estimated at 31.31 million tonnes, down about 21% from 2019, according to the farm ministry. The decline reflects wet autumn sowing problems and a spring drought. Rapeseed production also fell 3.7% year on year.

- Date: 2020-07-07 · published 2020-07-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52050-france-s-soft-wheat-crop-drops-due-to-weather-woes-2020-07-07-world-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A sharply smaller French crop reduces EU export availability and supports European wheat and rapeseed meal costs.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-27 | [France to produce smallest soft wheat crop in 25 years \| 2020-07-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52048-france-to-produce-smallest-soft-wheat-crop-in-25-years-2020-07-27-world-grain.md) | +0.4% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-20 | [Weather takes toll on EU grain crops \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28261-weather-takes-toll-on-eu-grain-crops-world-grain.md) | +11.5% | +6.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-17 | [GRAINS-U.S. wheat futures rise on world weather woes, corn; soy flat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10915-grains-u-s-wheat-futures-rise-on-world-weather-woes-corn-soy-flat.md) | +4.3% | +3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-19 | [Weather-hit crop means lower EU grains exports \| 2020-10-19  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50573-weather-hit-crop-means-lower-eu-grains-exports-2020-10-19-world-grain.md) | +1.2% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-28 | [Wheat prices firm on worries dry weather could hit U.S. crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9718-wheat-prices-firm-on-worries-dry-weather-could-hit-u-s-crops.md) | +3.2% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/13923-frances-soft-wheat-crop-drops-due-to-weather-woes

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