# Wheat in France Faces Catastrophic Lack of Rain, Analyst Says - Bloomberg

> Luc Morin of Visio-Crop called conditions in northern France catastrophic, with little rain forecast for the next two weeks. Wheat there entered spring with very low biomass, and satellite data shows reduced plant health compared with last year, so yields could fall sharply.

- Date: 2020-04-19 · published 2020-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53579-wheat-in-france-faces-catastrophic-lack-of-rain-analyst-says-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A severe French drought threatens a major EU wheat exporter's output, which would tighten export supplies and lift European and global wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-06 | [France May See Worst Wheat Damage in Years Due to Non-Stop Rain - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29701-france-may-see-worst-wheat-damage-in-years-due-to-non-stop-rain-bloomberg.md) | +3.7% | -7.6% |
| WHEAT | 2023-12-13 | [France sees fall in winter wheat and barley sowing after rain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32653-france-sees-fall-in-winter-wheat-and-barley-sowing-after-rain.md) | +1.9% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-23 | [Heat Worries US Wheat Farmers Just as Crop Prices Surge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18406-heat-worries-us-wheat-farmers-just-as-crop-prices-surge-bloomberg.md) | -2.5% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-09 | [Tight Wheat Supply Leaves Prices at Mercy of Any Weather Shocks - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24707-tight-wheat-supply-leaves-prices-at-mercy-of-any-weather-shocks-bloomberg.md) | -0.1% | -2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-29 | [Spring Wheat Surges the Most Since 2010 - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6177-spring-wheat-surges-the-most-since-2010-bloomberg.md) | +2.3% | -2.9% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/wheat-in-france-faces-catastrophic-lack-of-rain-analyst-says

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