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France raises barley export estimates, tweaks wheat

  • Mercados: Agriculture
  • 19/12/25

The outlook for French wheat exports to countries outside of the EU this marketing year fell in the latest report from agricultural and sea products agency FranceAgriMer (FAM), but projections for barley exports to non-EU members rose.

Barley exports are projected at 6.1mn t in 2025-26 (July-June) in FAM's December report, up by 2pc on the previous estimate but still the second-smallest amount since 2020-21. The projection includes 3.4mn t for non-EU markets, reflecting a 150,000t rise since FAM's estimates last month.

FAM projects France's wheat exports (excluding durum) for the 2025-26 marketing year at 15.1mn t, broadly in line with its estimate last month but reflecting a shift of 250,000t of wheat from non-EU destinations to exports within the bloc. This puts exports to the non-EU market at 7.6mn t, more than double the previous year but still failing to recover to exports of just over 10mn t in 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Rebound in winter-planted areas for 2026 crop

French producers have had relatively favourable conditions for winter crop planting, with wheat, barley and rapeseed areas all set to rise on the year ahead of the 2026 harvest, according to the agriculture ministry.

The ministry in its December report made the following projections of areas for the 2026 crop:

  • Wheat (excluding durum) at 4.56mn hectares (ha), up by 2pc on the year but just below the average for the crops in 2021-25
  • Durum wheat at 199,000 ha, up by 1pc on the year but 15pc below the past five-year average
  • Barley at 1.23mn ha, up by 3pc on the year but 2pc below the five-year average
  • Rapeseed at 1.33mn ha, up by over 6pc on the year and by more than 9pc on the five-year average

French producers had almost finished wheat planting as of 1 December, ahead of schedule, with crop development further along and conditions better than at the same point last year. Barley planting was slightly behind but planting conditions were better, compared with the previous year's crop.

Higher yields than expected for 2025 corn

France's 2025 corn harvest at 13.6mn t is down by 8pc on the year but broadly in line with the average in 2020-24. This restores a more positive outlook the crop after the ministry last month cut its estimate, citing the effects of hot and dry summer weather on yields.


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