# Heatwave damages French wheat crops, rain helps in northern Europe

> Heat has damaged French wheat crops, and analysts including Agritel have lowered French soft wheat forecasts to 36-37 million tonnes. Rain is helping crops in northern Europe. Strategie Grains cut its EU soft wheat estimate by 1.1 million tonnes to 141.6 million.

- Date: 2017-06-20 · published 2017-06-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70429-heatwave-damages-french-wheat-crops-rain-helps-in-northern-europe
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller French and EU wheat crop tightens export supplies from the largest EU grower and supports wheat prices, which feed into feed grain costs.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-02 | [Storm Damages Midwest Wheat Crop; More Heavy Rain to Come](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7003-storm-damages-midwest-wheat-crop-more-heavy-rain-to-come.md) | -2.3% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-02 | [Heatwave ravages European fields, sending wheat prices soaring - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9685-heatwave-ravages-european-fields-sending-wheat-prices-soaring-grainews.md) | +3.5% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-14 | [European wheat crop shaken by wild French weather \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40876-european-wheat-crop-shaken-by-wild-french-weather-the-land-nsw.md) | -1.6% | -13.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-17 | [Heatwave Poses Risks for French, Spanish Wheat as EU Harvest Nears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40872-heatwave-poses-risks-for-french-spanish-wheat-as-eu-harvest-nears.md) | -3.4% | -14.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-28 | [Wheat climbs on signs of drought damage in northern U.S. Plains \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46100-wheat-climbs-on-signs-of-drought-damage-in-northern-u-s-plains-financial-post.md) | +2.7% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-wheat-crops-idUSKBN19B28D/

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