France's flour mills are facing challenges such as increased costs and grain supply issues due to the country's poorest wheat harvest in decades, as a result of adverse weather conditions. The harvest has yielded wheat with poor test weights, necessitating more grinding for the same amount of flour and leading to higher costs. Mills are also experiencing delays in securing grain supplies as grain handlers sort the wheat and farmers withhold sales due to low international wheat prices. The poor harvest is projected to reduce French wheat exports outside the EU by 61% compared to the previous season, although domestic supply shortages are not expected. The increased extraction costs for millers may be balanced out by lower wheat prices, preventing significant consumer inflation.