# France: Barley Sowing Tempo Remains Slow

> French barley sowing has been slow because of rain, with only 5% of planned area planted in the seven days to mid-March and 41% planted overall by March 13. This is 3 points behind last year. Winter wheat and barley condition ratings held steady, with 92% of wheat and 87% of barley rated good to excellent.

- Date: 2017-03-20 · published 2017-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71953-france-barley-sowing-tempo-remains-slow
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed sowing raises some risk to French barley output, but stable crop ratings mean the effect on prices is small for now.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12318

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