# France: wheat acreage for the 2018 harvest almost

> The French Ministry of Agriculture estimates 2018 wheat acreage, including a small amount of summer wheat, at 4.98 million hectares, slightly up from 4.96 million in 2017. Barley acreage is estimated at 1.85 million hectares, down from 1.91 million, and sugar beet acreage is roughly flat at 483,000 hectares.

- Date: 2018-04-10 · published 2018-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65478-france-wheat-acreage-for-the-2018-harvest-almost
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Wheat plantings are essentially unchanged, so the estimate gives little new supply signal. The smaller barley area is a minor bearish factor for feed barley supply in Europe.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-20 | [Harvest 2018: The wheat harvest in advance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63981-harvest-2018-the-wheat-harvest-in-advance.md) | +3.1% | +2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-15 | [France lowered its estimate for winter wheat acreage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19661-france-lowered-its-estimate-for-winter-wheat-acreage.md) | -0.6% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-11 | [COCERAL advanced the forecast for the wheat harvest in the EU and UK in 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18757-coceral-advanced-the-forecast-for-the-wheat-harvest-in-the-eu-and-uk-in-2026.md) | +4.1% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-11 | [France increases soft wheat area estimates but is cautious about harvest outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25975-france-increases-soft-wheat-area-estimates-but-is-cautious-about-harvest-outlook.md) | +2.0% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-26 | [EU's wheat harvest yields similar to the average of the last 5 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29702-eu-s-wheat-harvest-yields-similar-to-the-average-of-the-last-5-years.md) | -2.0% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/news/newsticker-france-wheat-acreage-2018-harvest-almost-unchanged-previous-year-2018-04-10

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