# Rainfall affects sowing in northern areas | Peer 2025

> The JRC MARS November bulletin reports abundant rain delaying field work in northern Germany, northern Poland and Lithuania, with rapeseed planting worst affected. Spain, Portugal and the Maghreb remain dry, and more rain is needed before the mid-December sowing window closes.

- Date: 2017-11-27 · published 2017-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67919-rainfall-affects-sowing-in-northern-areas-peer-2025
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced rapeseed area in northern Europe tightens canola and rapeseed meal supply, while dryness in Iberia and the Maghreb raises the risk of lower wheat and barley yields.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-28 | [Dry northern NSW arrests wheat as sowing nears end - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35901-dry-northern-nsw-arrests-wheat-as-sowing-nears-end-grain-central.md) | -1.4% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-11-20 | [Irregular rainfall impacts sowing of Rabi crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62004-irregular-rainfall-impacts-sowing-of-rabi-crops.md) | -0.7% | +4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-12-13 | [France sees fall in winter wheat and barley sowing after rain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32653-france-sees-fall-in-winter-wheat-and-barley-sowing-after-rain.md) | +1.9% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-30 | [Wheat futures rally amid worsening drought in the Northern Plains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6178-wheat-futures-rally-amid-worsening-drought-in-the-northern-plains.md) | +1.3% | -3.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-23 | [EU grain sowings near end, dry weather a concern in some parts – MARS 23.11.2021 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43991-eu-grain-sowings-near-end-dry-weather-a-concern-in-some-parts-mars-23-11-2021.md) | -2.6% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- peer.eu: https://www.peer.eu/news/detail/rainfall-affects-sowing-in-northern-areas

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