# COCERAL forecasts lower E.U. crop production | World-grain.com | June 11, 2018 12:32 | World Grain

> COCERAL cut its EU total grain crop forecast to 299.1 million tonnes from 302.5 million, with wheat revised down to 138.8 million tonnes. Reductions were made for Germany, Scandinavia, the Baltics and Romania due to dryness, while France and Spain were raised. Rapeseed was cut to 21.1 million tonnes and corn to 60.3 million.

- Date: 2018-06-11 · published 2018-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64474-coceral-forecasts-lower-e-u-crop-production-world-grain-com-june-11-2018-12-32
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower EU wheat, corn and rapeseed output tightens supplies for feed buyers and supports prices for competing feed ingredients like canola meal.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-01 | [Coceral lowers EU grain production forecast \| Miller Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44482-coceral-lowers-eu-grain-production-forecast-miller-magazine.md) | +5.1% | +8.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-19 | [COCERAL revises E.U. crop forecast downward \| 2018-09-19  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62960-coceral-revises-e-u-crop-forecast-downward-2018-09-19-world-grain.md) | +0.7% | +8.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-10 | [Brazil corn production forecast higher \| 2018-10-10  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62372-brazil-corn-production-forecast-higher-2018-10-10-world-grain.md) | +8.2% | +4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-12 | [COCEREAL revises 2021 EU crop forecast lower  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48084-cocereal-revises-2021-eu-crop-forecast-lower-world-grain.md) | -0.3% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-10 | [COCERAL reduces crop projection for EU-27+UK  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45013-coceral-reduces-crop-projection-for-eu-27-uk-world-grain.md) | +3.6% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2018-09-19 | [COCERAL revises E.U. crop forecast downward \| 2018-09-19  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62960-coceral-revises-e-u-crop-forecast-downward-2018-09-19-world-grain.md) | +4.5% | +6.5% |
| CORN | 2017-09-22 | [COCERAL lowers E.U. 2017-18 grain crop estimate \| World-grain.com \| September 22, 2017 13:50 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68915-coceral-lowers-e-u-2017-18-grain-crop-estimate-world-grain-com-september-22.md) | +0.2% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2026-04-23 | [EU overall grains production forecast to decline \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19660-eu-overall-grains-production-forecast-to-decline-world-grain.md) | +1.7% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/10497-coceral-forecasts-lower-e-u-crop-production

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