# Europe: farmers stick with wheat for 2017 despite rapeseed’s price appeal – Business World

> Strategie Grains forecasts EU soft wheat area for 2017 at 24.3 million hectares, little changed from the prior 24.2 million. It pegged EU rapeseed area at 6.62 million hectares, up 90,000 hectares, and the UK rapeseed area at a 13-year low.

- Date: 2016-11-22 · published 2016-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73798-europe-farmers-stick-with-wheat-for-2017-despite-rapeseed-s-price-appeal
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Flat EU wheat plantings and modestly higher rapeseed area signal ample oilseed meal and grain supply for 2017, a mildly bearish outlook for feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-15 | [Strategie Grains keeps EU wheat crop forecast despite France cut - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47026-strategie-grains-keeps-eu-wheat-crop-forecast-despite-france-cut-markets.md) | -1.3% | -4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-05 | [FAPRI sees lower wheat, corn, soybean prices \| 2019-09-05  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9145-fapri-sees-lower-wheat-corn-soybean-prices-2019-09-05-food-business-news.md) | -0.9% | +4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-12 | [EU wheat eases, rapeseed hits new high - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11413-eu-wheat-eases-rapeseed-hits-new-high-markets-business-recorder.md) | -1.5% | -4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-13 | [France sees 2021 wheat area rise; barley, rapeseed and sugar beet fall - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47530-france-sees-2021-wheat-area-rise-barley-rapeseed-and-sugar-beet-fall-markets.md) | +4.1% | +7.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-30 | [French wheat, barley crop ratings ease as farmers wrap up sowing - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21893-french-wheat-barley-crop-ratings-ease-as-farmers-wrap-up-sowing-markets.md) | +1.9% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- smiraponitke.com: https://smiraponitke.com/2016/11/22/europe-farmers-stick-with-wheat-for-2017-despite-rapeseeds-price-appeal.html

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