# The French Ministry of Agriculture made its first forecast for soft wheat, barley and rapeseed yields

> The French Agriculture Ministry's first forecast puts 2017 soft wheat output at 36.2 million tonnes, on a yield of 7.04 t/ha across 5.147 million hectares. Barley is forecast at 12.2 million tonnes and rapeseed at 4.7 million tonnes.

- Date: 2017-07-12 · published 2017-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69903-the-french-ministry-of-agriculture-made-its-first-forecast-for-soft-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A French soft wheat crop well above 2016's 27.9 million tonnes adds to EU export supply and weighs on wheat prices. Larger barley and rapeseed output also adds feed and oilseed meal supply.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2025-07-16 | [French Ministry of Agriculture has estimated the current year’s wheat harvest at 32.6 mln tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23687-french-ministry-of-agriculture-has-estimated-the-current-year-s-wheat-harvest.md) | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-03 | [ABARES experts again raise Australia's wheat, barley and rapeseed crop forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20128-abares-experts-again-raise-australia-s-wheat-barley-and-rapeseed-crop-forecasts.md) | +1.8% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-24 | [Cereal and rapeseed yields forecast up in Europe -  Free](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36334-cereal-and-rapeseed-yields-forecast-up-in-europe-free.md) | -8.3% | -10.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-26 | [MARS raises EU soft wheat yield forecast to 6.15 t/ha](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23267-mars-raises-eu-soft-wheat-yield-forecast-to-6-15-t-ha.md) | +0.4% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12862

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