# Focus on: EU cereal production is expected to recover but stay below average

> The European Commission outlook projects EU cereal output in 2017/18 rising 1.5% to almost 300 million tonnes, still 1.6% below the five-year average. Maize is forecast at 59 million tonnes, 8% below average, and EU cereal ending stocks are expected to fall 4.2%.

- Date: 2017-11-10 · published 2017-11-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67920-focus-on-eu-cereal-production-is-expected-to-recover-but-stay-below-average
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Below-average EU cereal and maize output and falling ending stocks tighten the EU feed grain balance, supporting import demand and prices for corn and barley substitutes.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-10-12 | [WASDE Reduces Corn and Soy Production More Than Expected](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33584-wasde-reduces-corn-and-soy-production-more-than-expected.md) | -0.4% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-05-12 | [Report Reaction \| Wheat futures surge after USDA pegs production well below trade expectations - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10791-report-reaction-wheat-futures-surge-after-usda-pegs-production-well-below-trade.md) | +1.8% | -7.2% |
| CORN | 2025-08-11 | [France raises wheat harvest forecast but expects corn production to decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23272-france-raises-wheat-harvest-forecast-but-expects-corn-production-to-decline.md) | -0.0% | +3.7% |
| CORN | 2023-06-28 | [Egg production recovers as bird flu subsides \| Food Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35500-egg-production-recovers-as-bird-flu-subsides-food-dive.md) | -7.6% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2020-12-15 | [Surging feed prices will test recovery in US animal protein production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49813-surging-feed-prices-will-test-recovery-in-us-animal-protein-production.md) | -1.7% | +15.6% |

## Sources

- agronaplo.hu: https://www.agronaplo.hu/agrarhirek/20171110/focus-on-eu-cereal-production-is-expected-to-recover-but-stay-below-average-16652

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