# French crop conditions dip amid dry weather: Grain Market Daily | AHDB

> French crop conditions declined in the week to 13 April as rainfall stayed below average, with spring barley good/very good ratings falling to 78% from 84%. Soft wheat and winter barley ratings also slipped 1 point each, and soft wheat is in its poorest mid-April condition since FranceAgriMer records began. Chicago wheat fell $3.86/t to $194.65/t on coronavirus demand worries while Paris wheat gained after Egypt's GASC bought French wheat.

- Date: 2020-04-17 · published 2020-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53576-french-crop-conditions-dip-amid-dry-weather-grain-market-daily-ahdb
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Deteriorating French crop ratings after a poor autumn start point to lower European wheat and barley yields, supporting European wheat prices against weaker US futures.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-05-02 | [French grain crop conditions worsen as dry weather continues - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19185-french-grain-crop-conditions-worsen-as-dry-weather-continues-markets-business.md) | -2.7% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-10 | [Heavy rains impact European crop conditions: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30698-heavy-rains-impact-european-crop-conditions-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-06 | [Rainfall continues to delay French plantings: Grain Market Daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11057-rainfall-continues-to-delay-french-plantings-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -3.5% | -0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-14 | [Markets to react to weather conditions \| Birchip Cropping Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8432-markets-to-react-to-weather-conditions-birchip-cropping-group.md) | +1.3% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-26 | [Dry Russian winter wheat areas in focus: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12145-dry-russian-winter-wheat-areas-in-focus-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -2.3% | +21.2% |

## Sources

- ahdb.org.uk: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/french-crop-conditions-dip-amid-dry-weather-grain-market-daily

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