# Strategie Grains cuts EU soft wheat crop estimate to 6-year low | The Western Producer

> Strategie Grains cut its estimate for the 2018 EU soft wheat crop to below 130 million tonnes, from 132.4 million in early July, the lowest since 2012. Dry, hot weather in northern and central Europe drove the revision, mainly through lower German, Danish and Swedish outlooks. Euronext wheat futures rose to three-year highs.

- Date: 2018-07-25 · published 2018-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63978-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-soft-wheat-crop-estimate-to-6-year-low-the-western
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller EU crop tightens export availability and supports global wheat prices, with Black Sea supply concerns adding to the upward pressure on feed wheat costs.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-07-14 | [Strategie Grains cuts EU cereal crop forecasts again on weather toll](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34979-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-cereal-crop-forecasts-again-on-weather-toll.md) | +3.5% | +3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-02-16 | [Strategie Grains has lowered its forecast for EU wheat production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31601-strategie-grains-has-lowered-its-forecast-for-eu-wheat-production.md) | +1.0% | -4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-10-22 | [Rains threaten South American wheat \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13694-rains-threaten-south-american-wheat-the-western-producer.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-30 | [Exports to bear brunt of short crop \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45541-exports-to-bear-brunt-of-short-crop-the-western-producer.md) | +0.2% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-13 | [Coceral cuts EU 27 soft wheat production forecast to last year’s level](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35422-coceral-cuts-eu-27-soft-wheat-production-forecast-to-last-year-s-level.md) | +3.0% | +0.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-10-22 | [Rains threaten South American wheat \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13694-rains-threaten-south-american-wheat-the-western-producer.md) | -2.5% | -1.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-08-30 | [Exports to bear brunt of short crop \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45541-exports-to-bear-brunt-of-short-crop-the-western-producer.md) | +0.4% | +1.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-04-29 | [U.S. hard red winter wheat crop finds itself in trouble \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19780-u-s-hard-red-winter-wheat-crop-finds-itself-in-trouble-the-western-producer.md) | -2.8% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/daily/strategie-grains-cuts-eu-soft-wheat-crop-estimate-to-6-year-low/

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