# Is French wheat heading for crop failure again? - Severe water shortage | Boerenbusiness. Nl

> Drought has spread across most French arable regions, with water shortage estimated at about 50% against a normal 25% for this time of year, according to the AGPB wheat producers' association. Northern and central France have been dry for six months, and crops are beginning to show stress with no significant rain forecast for about 10 days.

- Date: 2017-04-21 · published 2017-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71433-is-french-wheat-heading-for-crop-failure-again-severe-water-shortage
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A second poor French wheat crop would tighten EU and global wheat supplies and support prices, since France is the EU's largest wheat exporter. Traders will watch rainfall closely over the coming weeks.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-12 | [French wheat crop stable for second week after punishing spring - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52548-french-wheat-crop-stable-for-second-week-after-punishing-spring-markets.md) | -1.3% | -4.6% |
| 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 | 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% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-05 | [French soft wheat crop rating stable at nine-year low - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52549-french-soft-wheat-crop-rating-stable-at-nine-year-low-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.7% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-25 | [Wheat hits 3-week high on French crop worries - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31240-wheat-hits-3-week-high-on-french-crop-worries-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.6% | +1.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-03-25 | [Wheat hits 3-week high on French crop worries - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31240-wheat-hits-3-week-high-on-french-crop-worries-markets-business-recorder.md) | -2.5% | +1.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-07-30 | [IGC trims forecast for global wheat crop - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46024-igc-trims-forecast-for-global-wheat-crop-markets-business-recorder.md) | +2.5% | +6.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-02-16 | [Wheat at one-week high as freezing US weather in focus - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9253-wheat-at-one-week-high-as-freezing-us-weather-in-focus-markets-business-recorder.md) | +4.5% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- en.boerenbusiness.nl: https://en.boerenbusiness.nl/granen-grondstof/artikel/10874225/stevent-franse-tarwe-weer-af-op-misoogst

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.