# Worldwide Winter Wheat Prospects

> DTN senior meteorologist Joel Burgio reports that Northern Hemisphere winter wheat prospects are mostly favorable, with dryness concerns in parts of north-central and southeast Europe. Above-normal temperatures are expected across Europe for the next 10 days, and the crop lacks snow cover.

- Date: 2020-01-09 · published 2020-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55000-worldwide-winter-wheat-prospects
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Mostly favorable European wheat conditions with some dryness risk leave supply broadly ample, so the price impact is small but a spring drought in the EU could tighten feed wheat.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-08 | [El Niño winter comes for wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32049-el-nino-winter-comes-for-wheat.md) | -2.5% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-31 | [Waning La Niña turns winter rainfall prospects to 50:50 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48026-waning-la-nina-turns-winter-rainfall-prospects-to-50-50-grain-central.md) | +0.4% | +4.8% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-25 | [Corn, wheat, soy steady as US crop prospects assessed - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46608-corn-wheat-soy-steady-as-us-crop-prospects-assessed-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.2% | -3.8% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-20 | [French farmers accelerate winter wheat sowing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22338-french-farmers-accelerate-winter-wheat-sowing.md) | +0.7% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2018-06-01 | [Dry weather may curb promising EU wheat crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64473-dry-weather-may-curb-promising-eu-wheat-crop.md) | +0.3% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/ag-weather-forum/blog-post/2020/01/09/worldwide-winter-wheat-prospects

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