# Contrasting soil moisture picture between East and Western Europe: Grain Market Daily | AHDB

> European soil moisture is at surplus levels after a wet autumn, and soft wheat plantings are estimated 2.5% lower than last year. Chicago soybean and Paris rapeseed futures have risen since early December on the expected US-China phase one trade deal.

- Date: 2019-12-31 · published 2019-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55526-contrasting-soil-moisture-picture-between-east-and-western-europe-grain-market
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Waterlogged soils raise the risk of crop damage and reduced wheat output, which supports European wheat and rapeseed prices and adds to firmer soybean values.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-04 | [Quality worries in Europe as rain stalls harvest: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34521-quality-worries-in-europe-as-rain-stalls-harvest-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +1.0% | -6.6% |
| 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 | 2024-07-11 | [La Niña weather event could return during summer 2024: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29167-la-nina-weather-event-could-return-during-summer-2024-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -3.5% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-24 | [More wheat and barley, but lower oat stocks at end-June: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34643-more-wheat-and-barley-but-lower-oat-stocks-at-end-june-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -4.9% | -2.2% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2023-08-04 | [Quality worries in Europe as rain stalls harvest: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34521-quality-worries-in-europe-as-rain-stalls-harvest-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -1.2% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2023-08-24 | [More wheat and barley, but lower oat stocks at end-June: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34643-more-wheat-and-barley-but-lower-oat-stocks-at-end-june-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +1.6% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2022-06-29 | [What’s driving the volatile grain market? Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40981-what-s-driving-the-volatile-grain-market-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -5.0% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- ahdb.org.uk: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/a-different-picture-for-soil-moisture-between-east-and-western-europe-grain-market-daily

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