# Warm Winter Generates Optimism For Large EU Wheat Crop | Checkout

> Traders and analysts report that Europe's unusually warm winter has given the 2019 wheat crop good initial conditions, with little frost damage in top producing regions. France's soft wheat sowings are estimated up 2.9% at 5.0 million hectares, and German winter wheat sowings rose 4.6%. Analysts note that frost and spring dryness remain risks.

- Date: 2019-03-10 · published 2019-03-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60024-warm-winter-generates-optimism-for-large-eu-wheat-crop-checkout
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Good early crop conditions and larger sowings point to a bigger EU wheat harvest, which would replace supplies after last year's poor crop and weigh on wheat prices. Any late cold snap would reverse this and support prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-05 | [Wheat crop estimates for 2025/26 surge after rains throughout NSW \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23273-wheat-crop-estimates-for-2025-26-surge-after-rains-throughout-nsw-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.8% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-07-19 | [EU Heading For Large Wheat Crop Despite Early Summer Heatwave \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58035-eu-heading-for-large-wheat-crop-despite-early-summer-heatwave-esm-magazine.md) | -2.5% | -2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-18 | [Wheat prices fall on US rain, but dry threat remains for winter crop \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65564-wheat-prices-fall-on-us-rain-but-dry-threat-remains-for-winter-crop-farm-online.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-16 | [Growers optimistic as winter crop sowing gets underway \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30665-growers-optimistic-as-winter-crop-sowing-gets-underway-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-20 | [EU Wheat In Good Shape After Rain Eases Concerns Over Dry Spring \| Checkout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59022-eu-wheat-in-good-shape-after-rain-eases-concerns-over-dry-spring-checkout.md) | +10.5% | +9.7% |

## Sources

- checkout.ie: https://www.checkout.ie/fresh-produce/warm-winter-generates-optimism-large-eu-wheat-crop-2-72146

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