# Farmer tests forecast for healthy wheat leaves: “€56 to €159/ha higher revenue”

> A farmer in Lower Franconia is testing a digital forecasting tool intended to help time fungicide applications in winter wheat and identify disease risks. The planned 2027 model is designed to provide field-specific crop-development and disease-risk forecasts linked to a fungicide strategy, but is limited to products from one company.

- Date: 2026-11-08 · published 2026-11-08T03:15:47.513Z
- Category: disease · region Germany · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/86985-farmer-tests-forecast-for-healthy-wheat-leaves-56-to-159-ha-higher-revenue
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Better-timed fungicide use could reduce wheat disease losses and protect yields, but the story describes a farm-level trial rather than a material change in aggregate supply or prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Sources

- agrarheute.com: https://www.agrarheute.com/pflanze/getreide/landwirt-testet-vorhersage-fuer-gesunde-weizenblaetter-56-159-euroha-mehrerloes-643772

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