# French wheat set for comeback after worst harvest in decades - The Gulf Time Newspaper

> Tallage forecasts French soft wheat output to rebound about a third to 37.7 million tonnes in the season starting July after the smallest crop since 1993. Germany and Poland are also expected to grow, lifting EU soft wheat output 7% to 145 million tonnes and EU grain output to 306.6 million tonnes.

- Date: 2016-12-17 · published 2016-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73398-french-wheat-set-for-comeback-after-worst-harvest-in-decades-the-gulf-time
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A recovery in EU wheat supply and France's return to export markets would add competing supply and pressure world wheat prices lower in the 2017-18 season.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-06 | [Australia set for record wheat crop as harvest wraps up - traders \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37740-australia-set-for-record-wheat-crop-as-harvest-wraps-up-traders-the-western.md) | -2.7% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-02-12 | [France Sees 10% Increase in Winter Soft Wheat Sowing Area for 2025 Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25978-france-sees-10-increase-in-winter-soft-wheat-sowing-area-for-2025-harvest.md) | +2.2% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2022-12-08 | [Australia Set for Record Grain Harvest Despite Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38220-australia-set-for-record-grain-harvest-despite-weather.md) | +9.5% | +8.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-24 | [French wheat harvest off to early start](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40873-french-wheat-harvest-off-to-early-start.md) | +1.5% | -4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-02 | [Precipitation improved the prospects for the wheat harvest in Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28738-precipitation-improved-the-prospects-for-the-wheat-harvest-in-australia.md) | +4.8% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- gulftime.ae: https://gulftime.ae/french-wheat-set-for-comeback-after-worst-harvest-in-decades/

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