# AgriCensus Report

> French President Macron promised to protect EU farmers from overseas competition and called for a budget for the Common Agricultural Policy that does not shrink after Brexit. He said French wheat competes with large Russian and Ukrainian farms, and the wider EU's wheat exports have fallen about 20% after a poor harvest.

- Date: 2019-02-27 · published 2019-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60539-agricensus-report
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Policy support for EU farm budgets does not directly move prices, but the reported 20% drop in EU wheat exports signals weaker EU competitiveness in world wheat markets.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-08-04 | [New Export Price Mechanism for Agricultural Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12806-new-export-price-mechanism-for-agricultural-products.md) | +0.1% | +5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-29 | [China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60961-china-s-retaliatory-tariffs-on-u-s-agricultural-products-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.9% | -5.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-07-19 | [Preventive trade policies restrict export of key agri commodities: stu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69947-preventive-trade-policies-restrict-export-of-key-agri-commodities-stu.md) | -2.9% | +0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-28 | [Trump ready to protect, boast about agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71994-trump-ready-to-protect-boast-about-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-29 | [Cereals daily: exporters in Russia desperate to ship - Mundus Agri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48983-cereals-daily-exporters-in-russia-desperate-to-ship-mundus-agri.md) | -9.7% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- commodityconversations.com: https://commodityconversations.com/wordpress2/2019/02/27/agricensus-report-11/

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