# COCERAL lowers E.U. 2017-18 grain crop estimate | World-grain.com | September 22, 2017 13:50 | World Grain

> COCERAL cut its EU 2017-18 total grain crop estimate slightly to 299.5 million tonnes from 300.3 million. The wheat forecast is 150.8 million tonnes, while barley fell to 58.1 million and corn to 59.2 million, and rapeseed rose to 22.1 million.

- Date: 2017-09-22 · published 2017-09-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68915-coceral-lowers-e-u-2017-18-grain-crop-estimate-world-grain-com-september-22
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower EU corn and barley estimates tighten feed-grain supply in Europe and support prices for those grains, while the wheat estimate is little changed.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-06-11 | [COCERAL forecasts lower E.U. crop production \| World-grain.com \| June 11, 2018 12:32 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64474-coceral-forecasts-lower-e-u-crop-production-world-grain-com-june-11-2018-12-32.md) | -3.5% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2019-09-20 | [Coceral sees higher E.U. grain output \| 2019-09-20  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57023-coceral-sees-higher-e-u-grain-output-2019-09-20-world-grain.md) | +1.7% | +4.4% |
| 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 | 2026-06-11 | [COCERAL revises EU grains output lower \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18756-coceral-revises-eu-grains-output-lower-world-grain.md) | +2.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-12-13 | [USDA bumps U.S. wheat, soybean carryover \| World-grain.com \| December 13, 2017 13:57 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67418-usda-bumps-u-s-wheat-soybean-carryover-world-grain-com-december-13-2017-13-57.md) | +2.1% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-11 | [COCERAL revises EU grains output lower \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18756-coceral-revises-eu-grains-output-lower-world-grain.md) | +4.2% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-13 | [GIWA estimate for record crop settles on 27.35Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20556-giwa-estimate-for-record-crop-settles-on-27-35mt-grain-central.md) | +0.9% | +4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-05 | [GEOGLAM Global Crop Monitor \| No. 36 – September 2025 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22787-geoglam-global-crop-monitor-no-36-september-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | -1.0% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/8712-coceral-lowers-e-u-2017-18-grain-crop-estimate

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