# Strategy Grains is expecting growing wheat and barley

> Strategy Grains forecasts EU cereal plantings for 2018 at 56.1 million hectares, up 0.7% from the prior year. Wheat and barley areas are expected to rise, while maize area could fall 1.5%. Rapeseed area is seen stable at 12.3 million hectares, with some northern European land shifting from difficult rapeseed sowing to wheat.

- Date: 2017-10-12 · published 2017-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68398-strategy-grains-is-expecting-growing-wheat-and-barley
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Larger EU wheat and barley plantings add to export supply and weigh on prices, while a smaller maize area could support corn prices and tighten feed grain balances.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-24 | [Big Australia wheat, barley harvests expected \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21920-big-australia-wheat-barley-harvests-expected-world-grain.md) | +0.9% | -0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-17 | [Strategie Grains Increased Its Forecast On Wheat And Barley Yields In The EU, But Decreased Its Corn Forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71948-strategie-grains-increased-its-forecast-on-wheat-and-barley-yields-in-the-eu.md) | -2.9% | -0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2016-11-17 | [Strategy of grains estimates EU acreage for wheat at](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73796-strategy-of-grains-estimates-eu-acreage-for-wheat-at.md) | -2.1% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-19 | [Strategy Grains raises forecasts for EU wheat harvests](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57026-strategy-grains-raises-forecasts-for-eu-wheat-harvests.md) | +2.2% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-22 | [Australia anticipating large barley, wheat crops \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21018-australia-anticipating-large-barley-wheat-crops-world-grain.md) | +3.9% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-17 | [Strategie Grains Increased Its Forecast On Wheat And Barley Yields In The EU, But Decreased Its Corn Forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71948-strategie-grains-increased-its-forecast-on-wheat-and-barley-yields-in-the-eu.md) | -1.8% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2019-08-30 | [Corn tightens but wheat and barley bountiful: IGC - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57608-corn-tightens-but-wheat-and-barley-bountiful-igc-grain-central.md) | -2.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2022-11-21 | [French wheat, barley in good shape as sowing nears end](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38608-french-wheat-barley-in-good-shape-as-sowing-nears-end.md) | -3.5% | -5.6% |

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/news/newsticker-strategy-grains-expecting-growing-wheat-and-barley-cultivation-areas-eu

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