# Significant contraction of wheat harvest in Spain and Italy - Inside: Grains & Raw Material | Boerenbusiness. Nl

> Wheat harvests in Spain and Italy are shrinking because of heat and dryness during grain filling. MARS puts Spanish soft wheat about 31% below last year, and Italian soft wheat yields fell to 5.37 t/ha. Ukraine's crop also declined.

- Date: 2017-06-27 · published 2017-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Spain and Italy · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70431-significant-contraction-of-wheat-harvest-in-spain-and-italy-inside-grains-and
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Losses in several southern EU countries add to the smaller regional crop and reduce exportable wheat supply, supporting prices for wheat feed alternatives.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-01 | [Extreme weather brings CBoT into price rally - Inside: Grains & Raw Material \| Boerenbusiness. Nl](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10487-extreme-weather-brings-cbot-into-price-rally-inside-grains-and-raw-material.md) | +2.3% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-23 | [Drought and cold decimate EU grain harvest - Wheat harvest above average \| Boerenbusiness. Nl](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70951-drought-and-cold-decimate-eu-grain-harvest-wheat-harvest-above-average.md) | +0.0% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-29 | [How is the grain harvest in Europe? - Inside Grains \| Boerenbusiness. Nl](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46025-how-is-the-grain-harvest-in-europe-inside-grains-boerenbusiness-nl.md) | +2.2% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-20 | [European feed grain market remains very strong - Inside Grains & Raw Material \| Boerenbusiness. Nl](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63588-european-feed-grain-market-remains-very-strong-inside-grains-and-raw-material.md) | -1.4% | +5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-13 | [French soft wheat harvest slow and crop rating slips - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29188-french-soft-wheat-harvest-slow-and-crop-rating-slips-markets-business-recorder.md) | -3.2% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- en.boerenbusiness.nl: https://en.boerenbusiness.nl/granen-grondstof/artikel/10874986/forse-krimp-tarweoogst-in-spanje-en-itali

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